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Herschel4550

From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
9 January [1860?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.221
Summary:

Sends W. H. Smyth's history of R.S.L. Club [Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Society Club, 1860]. Mentions W. H. Smyth's retiring from visiting R.S.L. Club.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4549

From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
17 November [1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.220
Summary:

W. H. Smyth wants another copy of JH's dialogue on atoms. W. H. Flower, Smyths' son-in-law, will have a paper published in R.S.P.T.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6459

From:
Arthur Cayley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.227
Summary:

Returning the corrected proof of the note to be added to one of JH's papers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3308

From:
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.228
Summary:

Offers JH and Lady Herschel lodging during Oxford B.A.A.S. meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1722

From:
Auguste Balmat
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
le 20 Juillet 1860
Source of text:
MS JT/1/V/6, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel7120

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.335
Summary:

Has a copy of J. R. Young's investigation. Gives one of his own theorems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7121

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.336
Summary:

His strength is improving. The Airys are off to Bilboa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7122

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.337
Summary:

Is he thinking of letting Francis Baily's house at Tavistock Place as he knows someone who is desirous of renting it. Was able to walk two miles at a quick pace yesterday. Rest of his family are at the seaside.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7124

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.338
Summary:

Knew he would get a speedy answer. Quick, the Bristol bookseller, has sent him an edition of Francis Walkingame's Arithmetic. Thinks JH is right to sell Francis Baily's house. G. B. Libri may wish to buy. His puns are unavoidable. Hopes JH will have his house valued.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7125

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.339
Summary:

Thanks for the newspaper cutting repudiating his wisdom on weather matters. Has had erroneous charges laid at his own door. What arms has he taken?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7126

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.340
Summary:

Sending a moral song. Sent one to W. H. Smyth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7127

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.341
Summary:

Can JH come in on Sunday evening? Where do the authors of drinking songs get their facts?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7128

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.342
Summary:

Thanks for his article on the telescope. Comments on this. Sends another extract from a drinking song. Hopes that G. B. Airy will be the next president of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3735

From:
Austen Henry Layard
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 March 1860
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.41
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6310

From:
B. Birkenthal
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.71
Summary:

Is asking JH for assistance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6311

From:
B. Birkenthal
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 February 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.72
Summary:

A follow-up letter [see BB's 1860-2-14] asking for an immediate response to BB's request for money.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2018

From:
Baden Powell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14 May [1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.50
Summary:

Glad to hear JH feeling better. Enclosing a 'shorter and simpler' explanation of some experiment by Léon Foucault, asking for comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2023

From:
Bartholomew Price
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 April 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.55
Summary:

Invites JH to stay at BP's home for the B.A.A.S. meeting 27 June. Notes the new museum opens at the same time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

WCP4760

From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Philip Henry ("Henry") Gosse
Date:
20 February 1860
Source of text:
Brotherton Library, University of Leeds: Gosse Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel7340

From:
Benjamin Duprat
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.516
Summary:

Has dispatched Memoirs and Comptes rendus of the Academy. Regrets the delay, which is due to negligence on the part of the railway.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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