Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, 1793-1874 1793-1874

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Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, 1793-1874 1793-1874

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This collection concerns astronomical observations, earthquakes, meteorology, photography, physics, professional associations, publications, and scientific instruments. The correspondents include Augustus De Morgan, Dionysius Lardner, Sir Francis Beaufort, and Sir Edward Ryan.

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Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859

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Irish scientist. From the description of Portion of autograph manuscript signed : Naples, 1858 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270599159 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Augusta, Georgia, to F.W. Bartow, 1843 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595503 ...

Herschel, Sir William, 1738-1822,

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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...

Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857

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Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort: hydrographer of the British Navy and member of the Royal Society, creator of the wind force scale and weather notation coding, and author of Karamania, or, A brief description of the south coast of Asia-Minor and of the remains of antiquity (London, 1817). Beaufort was married twice. His first wife was Alicia Magdalena Wilson (d. 1834). In 1839 he married Honora Edgeworth, the daughter of his long-time friend Richard Lovell Edgeworth and sister of the novelist Maria...

Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...

De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871

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Augustus De Morgan was an English mathematician. From the description of Letters, 1841-1866. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488833 From the guide to the Augustus De Morgan letters, 1841-1866, 1841-1866, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Ryan, Edward, 1793-1875

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Epithet: of Aix-la-Chapelle; translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x000020 Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x00001f Epithet: formerly Chief Justice of Bengal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x00003d Epit...