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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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8 letters from Henry Thomas de la Beche; 0 letters from John Frederick William Herschel

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

1846

Sir John Herschel serves his second term as Foreign Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society

1846: To 1847

Autograph letter signed by sender. Unable to afford the purchase of the model of the moon.

15 June 1846 Sender: Henry Thomas de la Beche Reference number: HS/6/128

Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending the first volume of the Memoirs for Great Britain.

21 September 1846 Sender: Henry Thomas de la Beche Reference number: HS/6/129
1847

Sir John Herschel serves his second term as President of the Royal Astronomical Society

1847: Until 1849

Sir John Herschel receives the Copley Medal

1847: Sir John Herschel receives the Copley Medal of the Royal Society "For his work entitled Results of Astronomical Observations made during the years 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, at the Cape of Good Hope; being a completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825"

Sir John Herschel publishes a paper

1847: Sir John Herschel publishes Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope; being a completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825.

Autograph letter signed by sender. Has just seen his letter [apparently requesting an article on mineralogy for the Admiralty Manual] on returning to his office. Is very busy at the moment with a survey of coal for George Eden (Earl of Auckland), but could probably help, given time.

28 December 1847 Sender: Henry Thomas de la Beche Reference number: HS/6/130

Autographed letter, incomplete. It appears that Mineralogy has been assigned to him in the new manual. Comments on this and would like to know who will be writing the chapter on Geology as it is likely to overlap.

31 December 1847 Sender: Henry Thomas de la Beche Reference number: HS/6/131
1848

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood is formed, by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and others

1848

Napoleon III is elected first President of France

20 December 1848

Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending him the material on mineralogy for the new manual. Comments on the difficulty of writing this sort of work and gives an outline of how he has written it.

13 March 1848 Sender: Henry Thomas de la Beche Reference number: HS/6/132

Autograph letter signed by sender. May alter his own article on mineralogy as he pleases.

13 March 1848 Sender: Henry Thomas de la Beche Reference number: HS/6/133

Autograph letter signed by sender. Returning the proofs of his article for the Admiralty Manual. 25 copies will be enough for him.

4 December 1848 Sender: Henry Thomas de la Beche Reference number: HS/6/134
1849

Sir John Herschel publishes Outlines of Astronomy.

1849

1850

Sir John Herschel is appointed Master of the Mint

1850

1851

Sir John Herschel serves as juror of the Great Exhibition

1851

1854

Autograph letter signed by sender. Would he look at the accompanying work by O. P. A. P. Dufrenoy. Feels that Dufrenoy would advocate only that which was right.

5 January 1854 Sender: Henry Thomas de la Beche Reference number: HS/6/135