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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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3 letters from Henry Bence Jones; 4 letters from John Frederick William Herschel

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Draft letter. His son informs him of the projected series of lectures at the Royal Institution on weather forecasting and meteorology. Comments on this.

27 July 1864 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/10/337

Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. His son informs him of the projected series of lectures at the Royal Institution on weather forecasting and meteorology. Comments on this.

27 July 1864 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/55
1866

Sir John Herschel publishes his translation of Homer’s Iliad

1866

1867

Sir John Herschel publishes Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects

1867

1868

Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister

1 February 1868

William Gladstone becomes Prime Minister

1 December 1868

Autograph letter signed by sender. John Tyndall left London in a hurry, but he has urged the claims of John Frederick William Herschel's son [Alexander] as a professor at the School of Mines.

6 July 1868 Sender: Henry Bence Jones Reference number: HS/10/340

Autograph letter signed by sender. Is anxious that John Frederick William Herschel's son should have every chance of making himself known. Suggests dates for lectures and fees.

Sender: Henry Bence Jones Reference number: HS/10/341
1869

Jules Verne serializes Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

1869: (Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers)

Autograph letter signed by sender. Is to be a public meeting at the Royal Institution regarding a testimonial to Michael Faraday. Will John Frederick William Herschel oblige by doing the honors?

17 June 1869 Sender: Henry Bence Jones Reference number: HS/10/338

Copy of a letter. Grieves to say that he will be unable to attend the meeting at the Royal Institution to honor Michael Faraday, as his health is so poor. Thinks Faraday was a great man in all ways.

19 June 1869 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/10/339

Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Grieves to say that he will be unable to attend the meeting at the Royal Institution to honor Michael Faraday, as his health is so poor. Thinks Faraday was a great man in all ways.

19 June 1869 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/270