From:
Abbe Veuillet
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/V/6, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Adalbert Adolf Mühry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.377
Summary:
Brings JH news of AM's recent activity, including another book on climatology.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.451
Summary:
Writes to point out an error in a pamphlet he had written. Discusses plans for upcoming trip to the north.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.452
Summary:
Thanks JH for translation of Iliad. AS's health has been poor. Invites the Herschels to Norwich.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.454
Summary:
Thanks AS for his letter. Offers congratulations to newly married Maria Herschel. Will be returning to Cambridge to give his 46th course of lectures.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.456
Summary:
Eyesight is failing. Discusses William Whewell's death and pays him tribute. Says Professor [W. H.] Thompson will replace Whewell.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 June 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.457
Summary:
Has printed a Memorial about Norwich. Discusses this pamphlet. Has been ill. Discusses solitude and says almost none of his friends are still living.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Apr 1869
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 53, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.458
Summary:
Wilberforce Clarke, the nephew of an old friend, has been appointed to a meteorological observatory. He needs a list of useful books and instruments for his job from JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam and Charles Black
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.73
Summary:
The three volumes will be dispatched from the binders next week. Should he require any more he will be charged at trade price. They wish the sales would improve.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Andrew Leith Adams
To:
William Sharpey, Atheneum Club
Date:
11 February 1865
Source of text:
MM/22/73, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Addison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 July 1868
Source of text:
DAR 205.7: 279 (Letters)
Summary:
Sends newspaper clipping about a nest of young birds, apparently hybrid offspring of a cock goldfinch and a hen green linnet.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adelheid Clausius
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
13. Dec. 64
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/7/2270, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online
From:
Adolph Solmitz
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
15 August 1861
Source of text:
Briefsammlung, Archiv, Justus Perthes Verlag, Gotha
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 July 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.253
Summary:
Sends list of works received on an official form. Followed by letter. Suffers deeply from death of his wife, daughter, and her son. Had hoped to see JH in London, but JH was absent.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1862?]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #26
Summary:
Informs JH of his grief over losing his son and his wife. His other son has left the military and now is helping AQ. Talks of Prince Albert's death. Asks JH not to forget AQ.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.254
Summary:
Hopes he has not lost JH's friendship. AQ's son left military to help AQ. Death of Prince Albert was a shock.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.255 (ALS?: Académie belgique #28)
Summary:
Cruel illness has kept him from work for a while. Just finished Histoire des sciences mathématique et physique chez les belges. AQ's son works with proper motion, double and multiple stars, and absolute positions.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.256
Summary:
Sent information on meteor spotted in Belgium and in Germany. Has heard differing opinions on heights of meteors. Talks about statistics of population.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 June 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.257
Summary:
Thanks for article by JH's son Alexander Herschel on meteors. Has printed it in Bulletin of the academy.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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- Brigitte Stenhouse95
- Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project1282
- Darwin Correspondence Project4783
- Darwin Family Letters308
- Faraday Project909
- Henslow Correspondence Project58
- Hooker Project178
- John Herschel Project2823
- Royal Society128
- Ruth Cramond2
- Tyndall Project546