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Tyndall1427

From:
Academie der Naturforscher
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1 September 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/1, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel12013

From:
Adalbert Adolf Mühry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.375
Summary:

Would like to dedicate to JH a book on climatology that AM is preparing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12014

From:
Adalbert Adolf Mühry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.376
Summary:

Letter accompanying AM's book on climatology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2541

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.450
Summary:

JH's Essays [Essays Q.E.R.] has reached Lowestoft, but AS has been too ill to read them. Sends regards to family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13717

From:
Alexander Bridport Becher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1857]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0072; Reel 1087
Summary:

Sends copy of proposed warrant of appointments to Board of Visitors of Royal Observatory. Asks JH to make alterations and forward these to John Wrottesley by [17 June].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9815

From:
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.150
Summary:

Has been very busy; otherwise he would have acknowledged his cheque before. Is glad to hear better news from India. Bad organization for the arming of the British troops in India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9742

From:
Alfred Gautier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.89
Summary:

Was pleased to receive his letter of the 28th. Proposes to visit JH on 3 June and will travel via Etchingham. Looks forward to meeting Lady JH and the family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4332

From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 November 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.216
Summary:

Leviathan successfully launched. Forwards papers from W. H. Smyth. Congratulates JH on coming 'happy event' [marriage of Margaret Herschel].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1372

From:
Anna Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Sunday 12th April | /57
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/124; MS JT/1/HTYP/496, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1412

From:
Anne Wynne
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
9th July
Source of text:
MS JT/1/W/90; MS JT/1/TYP/5/1855-6, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel9699

From:
Annibal de Gasparis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 June 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.48
Summary:

Requesting JH's interest in the work of Oscar Capocci.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14322

From:
Archibald Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 July 1857]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0485; Reel 1093
Summary:

Encloses, for JH's corrections, proofs of JH's reply to Lord Overstone's questions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14323

From:
Archibald Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 July 1857]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0486; Reel 1093
Summary:

Encloses proof of revision of JH's reply to Lord Overstone's questions. Will print 25 to 50 copies. Does JH's report on Canadian currency to House of Commons contain anything new that commissioners should know about?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3932

From:
Arthur Swain Howard Lowe
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 June 1857]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (92)
Summary:

Sends barometer readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1378

From:
Auguste de la Rive
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
le 18 avril 1857.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/D/91; MS JT/1/TYP/348-9, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1413

From:
Auguste de la Rive
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Vendredi 10 juillet
Source of text:
MS JT/1/D/106; MS JT/1/TYP/352, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel7058

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.293
Summary:

Thanks for the magic square, which he is now returning. Seems no end to the possibilities of such squares.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7059

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.294
Summary:

JH has got hold of the explanation about central forces. Need not worry about Elizabeth Baily; he will see to that. Do not reject any letters; they may be important in the future. Gives one of his own theorems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7061

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.295
Summary:

Sees by the announcement that he is to be out in April. Is there anything he can do in the way of proof reading? Is preparing answers to 65 queries of S. J. Loyd (1st Baron Overstone) on the decimal coinage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7063

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.296
Summary:

Sending a little joke on a political theme. Further regarding a query of JH's on a rabbit. Gives a problem on a polygon. Meteorology is peculiar as weather does not appear to be governed by any laws.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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