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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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Showing 11 letters from 1825–1834

9 letters from Giovanni Battista Amici; 2 letters from John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel invents the actinometer to measure the heating power of the Sun’s rays

1825

Draft letter. Thanking him for his friendly reception when in Italy. Is sending Giovanni Amici journals and pamphlets likely to be of interest to him. Regarding various papers on the electrization of mercury. Please send details of Giuseppe Bianchi's barometer.

Reference number: HS/1/334

Autograph letter signed by sender. Giving details of Giuseppe Bianchi's barometer. Regarding the experiments of Leopoldo Nobili on the electrization of mercury. Gives tables of star observations.

Reference number: HS/1/335

Autograph letter signed by sender. Is sending journals for John Frederick William Herschel and others listed. Observations on telescopes and star readings.

Reference number: HS/1/336

Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanking him for his friendly reception when in Italy. Is sending Giovanni Amici journals and pamphlets likely to be of interest to him. Regarding various papers on the electrization of mercury. Please send details of Giuseppe Bianchi's barometer.

Reference number: HS/20/194
1826

John Frederick William Herschel publishes in the Philosophical Transactions

1826: John Frederick William Herschel publishes “On the parallax of the fixed stars”.

Autograph letter signed by sender. Further regarding parcels of books sent to G. S. G. Santini of Padova. Details and comments on telescopes used for observations.

Reference number: HS/1/337

Autograph letter signed by sender. Has a micrometer under construction and gives details. Pietro Prandi has published a second memoir on mercury covered with sulfuric acid.

Reference number: HS/1/338

Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on articles recently published on microscopy.

Reference number: HS/1/339
1827

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce presents his photographs in England for the first time

1827

Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding the telescope of the Rev. [T. J.?] Hussey of Chislehurst.

Reference number: HS/1/340

Autograph letter signed by sender. Relates the events of his journey to London.

Reference number: HS/1/341

Autograph letter signed by sender. Has sent Mr. Talbot's Microscopy. Has received a letter from Leopoldo Nobili. Observations on Nobili's experiments on the electrification of mercury.

Reference number: HS/1/342
1829

John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart are married in London

3 March 1829

1830

John Frederick William Herschel is elected Foreign correspondent of the Académie des sciences

1830

Birth of Caroline Emilia Mary Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart

31 March 1830

John Frederick William Herschel is nominated for the presidency of the Royal Society, loses by 8 votes to the Duke of Sussex

30 November 1830

1831

Mary Somerville publishes Mechanism of the Heavens

1831

Sir John Herschel is created Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order

1831

Sir John Herschel publishes Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy as part of Dionysius Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopaedia.

1831

Birth of Isabella Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart

5 June 1831

1833

Sir John Herschel receives the Royal Medal from the Royal Society

1833: The Medal is awarded "For his paper on nebulae and clusters of stars, published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1833."

Sir John Herschel publishes A treatise on astronomy as part of Dionysius Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopaedia.

1833

Birth of William James Herschel, son of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart

1833

Sir John Herschel departs for South Africa with his wife and their three children

13 November 1833

1834

Birth of Margaret Louisa Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart

1834

Autograph letter signed by sender. Concerning Capt. Basil Hall. Giovanni Amici is going to live at Florence as Director of the Florence Observatory.

Reference number: HS/1/343