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RS-MM-001094

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
23 May 1851
Source of text:
MM/16/131, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001124

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
13 November 1851
Source of text:
MM/16/164, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001088

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Snow Harris
Date:
26 November 1851
Source of text:
MM/16/124, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Faraday2394

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 March 1851
Source of text:
RS MS HS 23.102
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Tyndall0566

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov 10 / 51
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/89, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

SOMERVILLE301

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
2 Mar 1851
Source of text:
HS 16.356, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE302

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
10 Apr 1851
Source of text:
HS 19.183, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel13376

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Bank of England]
Date:
[1851 to 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0608; Reel 1089
Summary:

Government wants to know if public has accepted half crown and florin, introduced as part of transition to decimal coinage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13395

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1851 to 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0626; Reel 1089
Summary:

Two severe accidents recently at Mint. Charitable Fund covers only permanent employees. Asks permission to establish account with nearby hospital to cover temporary workers also.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13397

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1851 to 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0628; Reel 1089
Summary:

Asks Treasury commissioners for permission to increase pay of workmen in melting rooms. Describes living and working expenses incurred by regular and by temporary employees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13403

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0635; Reel 1089
Summary:

Regrets trouble created by Benedetto Pistrucci's obnoxious refusal to accept new title as Mint's chief medallist. Asks [CT] to seek assistance from Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1857

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[1851 ?]
Source of text:
WT 68037.12
Summary:

Comments on different washes to be used in photography, and clarifies the matter of a supposed Daguerreotype of the nebula in Orion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12894

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Benedetto Pistrucci
Date:
[1851 to 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0306; Reel 1093
Summary:

Received BP's letter of 'the 9th.' Concerned that BP's words were colored by strong emotion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13062

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1851 to 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0479.1; Reel 1055
Summary:

Chemical training needed for prospective assayers at Royal Mint. Workload of John Field, resident assayer, does not allow time to train apprentices.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13068

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1851 to 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0479.7; Reel 1055
Summary:

Comments on proposed gold coinage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5449

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1851 to 1853?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.396
Summary:

Will he and David Brewster dine with him on Tuesday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13065

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[1851 to 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0479.4; Reel 1055
Summary:

[Marked 'Confidential.'] JH will confer again with CT on 'this paper.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13066

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[1851 to 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0479.5; Reel 1055
Summary:

Encloses letter from moneyer contractors claiming compensation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11551

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Shaw-Lefevre
Date:
[1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.468 & 23.100
Summary:

Recommending Robert Waterhouse to succeed C. D. E. König as Keeper of the Mineralogical Collection at the British Museum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6551

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[1851 to 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0001; Reel 1054
Summary:

Sends copy of letter from JH to Chancellor of Exchequer on state of Royal Mint. Fears JH's position there may be misunderstood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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