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DCP-LETT-2479

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
5 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Has an astonishing lot of mongrel poultry and expects next generation to approach Gallus bankiva in red-brown plumage.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2479A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Hill
Date:
8 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
Cundall 1915
Summary:

Compares Jamaican with British and European honey combs.

Requests one-half dozen dead bees and 2 or 3 drones from Mr Wilkie’s stock.

His admiration for RH’s varied accomplishments and service "in the sacred cause of humanity" [the abolition of slavery].

Asks whether it is believed that domestic animals long bred in Jamaica tend to assume a particular colour or character.

Are differences observed in the West Indies in the liability of pure Europeans of light complexion and hair to take the yellow fever or other tropical complaints?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2480

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
9 Aug 1859
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Will forward ARW’s "admirable" paper to Linnean Society ["On the zoological geography of the Malay Archipelago", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 4 (1860): 172–84].

Discusses geographical distribution of animals in the Malay Archipelago; relation of distribution to depth of sea between islands.

Relation of Celebes to Africa almost passes belief.

Differs wholly from ARW on colonisation of oceanic islands; does not believe in Forbes’s great continental extensions.

Anticipates Owen’s opposition to their views, but "he is a poor reasoner & deeply considers the good opinion of the world, especially the aristocratic world".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2482

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
24 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Sorry to hear of AS’s poor health.

Would like to attend Aberdeen meeting [BAAS, 1859] but is unfit for so great an exertion. Has been told he has "suppressed gout".

Pleased that AS remembers their 1831 geological trip, which made CD appreciate the noble science of geology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2483

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
25 [Aug 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 47
Summary:

Writes of a visit to Leith Hill and WED’s injured ankle.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2484

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
31 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.58–59)
Summary:

Sheets [of Origin] up to p. 240 are ready. Asks how many copies and how soon JM will publish. Hopes as soon as possible because of his health. Bitterly disappointed at delay he has caused.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7301

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Aug [1859 or later]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B68
Summary:

Wonders whether CD would be interested in a book by Dr Bucknell [J. C. Bucknill?] on psychology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-001479

From:
William Browne Folkes
To:
Benjamin Collins Brodie
Date:
9 August 1859
Source of text:
MM/19/78, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel11619

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[27 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.271
Summary:

Asks for details of WL's system of speculum polishing and telescope construction as JH is preparing an article on telescopes for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11803

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.163
Summary:

Relates his experiences while visiting the Paris Observatory with G. B. Airy. Later travelled to Brussels to meet L. A. J. Quetelet. Is now preparing for a visit to Ireland and Mrs. Maclear will go to Bedfordshire. The meteorological observations [of the Cape] are to be printed in England under the direction of Robert FitzRoy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13777

From:
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie [the elder]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0128; Reel 1087
Summary:

Response to JH's article on 'Sensorial Vision' (1858). Notes on physical and metaphysical elements of perception and consciousness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14427

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0526.8; Reel 1093
Summary:

Notified Richard Owen that Kew observatory is ready to receive trainees for magnetic observations. Stewart Balfour estimates six weeks to train observers, who will then take instruments and leave for British Columbia or Shanghai. New observatory at University of Mississippi in U.S. American Association for the Advancement of Science has expressed interest in magnetic survey. Success in photographing sunspots, which R. C. Carrington and Warren de La Rue will supervise. Recent observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14729

From:
[Paul Sinnis]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.8; Reel 1083
Summary:

Announces meeting of Kew Committee at Observatory on 29 Aug.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14730

From:
[Paul Sinnis?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.9; Reel 1083
Summary:

Announces meeting of Council at Marishal College, Aberdeen on 14 Sept.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel28

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[24 August 1859]
Source of text:
RGO 6.377.444
Summary:

Responds to GA's account of his tour [see GA's 1859-8-13] with interest, and adds a description of JH's poor health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3883

From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 August 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Discusses installation of a 4-ft. aperture equatorial telescope. Describes plans for a glass polishing machine in great detail.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4098

From:
Henry Stevens
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Will send a package for JH through a third party.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4428

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 August 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Discusses a telescope ordered for C. A. von Steinheil of Munich and the design of WR's glass polishing machine. Mentions visit by Thomas Maclear. Kew Telescope produces photos of sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4854

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.241 (C: RGO 6.377.442)
Summary:

Relating to his holiday experience in France.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4855

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.242 (C: RGO 6.377.446)
Summary:

Regarding the geographical position of places in France. Comments on JH's paper on light and colors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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