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From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Secretary of the Royal Society
Date:
5 March 1863
Source of text:
MM/17/13, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
1863 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.10
Summary:

Remains unconvinced by RF's ideas on gravitating lunisolar action on the atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1860]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Tells JH he will search for the requested weather data. Encloses 'Weather Reports in the Newspaper.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (73)
Summary:

Describes a starfish brought alive to England from Iceland by an amateur naturalist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (74)
Summary:

Thanks JH for critiques of his paper; discusses Matthew Maury's work Physical Geography of the Sea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (75)
Summary:

Discusses atmospheric wave theory in reference to an experiment in JH's Meteorology. Describes weather patterns observed on the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (72)
Summary:

Discusses James Stark's weather observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (68)
Summary:

Discusses data gathering from 'the colonies.' Forwards a Scottish publication on meteorology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (69)
Summary:

Sends more data and papers on meteorological matters. Discusses weather observations by C. P. Smyth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (67)
Summary:

Reports that rainfall information is not as complete as should be. Describes available data from Meteorological Department. Thanks JH for comments on his work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (70)
Summary:

More rainfall data.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (71)
Summary:

Thanks JH for his advice. Comments on various aspects of Iceland and Greenland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.217
Summary:

Speculates on gravitational effect of sun and moon on earth's atmosphere.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.253
Summary:

Thanks for sending his Physical Geography. Wonders whether a rainbow could be reflected to the eye from water. Startled to read J. R. Hind's letter about the comet. Encloses a letter from a railway surveyor about an earthquake in Mendoza. This person has been responsible for the railway between Chile and Peru. Comments on the gradients and working of the line.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[22 August 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.304
Summary:

Asks for meteorological data that RF may have collected.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[22 October 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.311
Summary:

Asks for information about wrecks at sea and lives lost.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[24 October 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.312
Summary:

Thanks for a number of RF's writings; asks for more rainfall data to try to establish a relationship between rainfall and the solar cycle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[31 October 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.315
Summary:

Thanks for all the material received; comments on some of RF's meteorological ideas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[6 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.316
Summary:

Comments on RF's writing on drifting ice; comments extensively on RF's ideas about air circulation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[28 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.318
Summary:

Comments on difficulties JH finds in some of RF's writings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project