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DCP-LETT-5633A

From:
John Scott
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Sept 1867
Source of text:
DAR 157a: 106
Summary:

Sends seeds of Viola roxburghiana which produces perfect flowers in the cold season and imperfect ones in the rains, all perfectly fertile.

Leersia has not produced a single perfect flower though it grows freely.

Discusses cockatoos eating various seeds. Finds it difficult to make exact and satisfactory observations.

Appends list of Vandellia species which have perfect flowers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5633F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
[24 Sept – 31 Oct 1867]
Source of text:
Heritage Auctions (dealers) (2006)
Summary:

Instructions for the index to Variation

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5635

From:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Sept [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 170: 58
Summary:

Returns R. G. Haliburton’s paper ["The unity of the human race proved by the universality of certain superstitions connected with sneezing", reprinted in New materials for the history of man (1863)] and sends one of his own partly in answer to it ["The early condition of man", Anthropol. Rev. 6 (1868): 1–14].

Capital BAAS meeting at Dundee.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5636

From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 17 Sept 1867]
Source of text:
DAR 165: 158
Summary:

AG has promised to review CD’s new book [Variation] for the Nation [forwards a letter from E. L. Godkin of the Nation to this effect] and wonders if he might have sheets a little in advance.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5660

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Wrigley
Date:
[Sept 1867]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 31
Summary:

CD wishes his son Leonard to try for University this winter and intends sending Horace to a private tutor.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-000559

From:
Edward Frankland
To:
Henry Edward Armstrong
Date:
21 September 1867
Source of text:
MM/10/91, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Faraday4603

From:
Jane Barnard
To:
Henry Bence Jones
Date:
3 September 1867
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 2: 482
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4604

From:
Prince of Wales
To:
Sarah Faraday
Date:
10 September 1867
Source of text:
RI MS F1 L
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10807

From:
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.160
Summary:

A note to thank JH for sending some Latin verses of his own.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13531

From:
James Samuelson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0760.3; Reel 1089
Summary:

Asks JH to sign enclosed certificate over [Charles] Darwin's signature. JS will take it to B.A.A.S. meeting in Dundee next week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel158

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[12 September 1867]
Source of text:
RGO 6.695.491
Summary:

Comments on GA's theory of the thermo-electric origin of terrestrial magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2038

From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.281
Summary:

Wants to send JH and [John] Stewart memoirs of her father, [Josiah] Quincy. Praises JH's Iliad translation) and his Cape Results. Introduces her nephew, General [?] Quincy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2039

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Eliza Susan Quincy
Date:
[30 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.282 (C: RS:HS 24.206)
Summary:

EQ may forward packages for JH to [John] Stewart in London. Discusses [James] Grahame. Pleased EQ liked his translation of the Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2135

From:
Thomas Romney Robinson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.380
Summary:

Asks JH to sign memorial for [John?] Stevelly. Discusses excited reaction to [Michel] Chasles claims regarding Blaise Pascal and Isaac Newton.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel234

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[12 September 1867]
Source of text:
RGO 6.412.244
Summary:

Is very pleased with resolution about the observations of Charles Rümker [see Edward Sabine's 1867-8-30].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4182

From:
James Parker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.137
Summary:

Sends JH poems for possible publication in a selection edited by Charles Daubeny; asks JH to identify the one which he wants in the volume.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4918

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.306
Summary:

Thanking him for his paper on Indian Standards and systems of measurement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4919

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.307 (C: RGO 6.695.493)
Summary:

Regarding the theory of magnetic currents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel575

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[12 September 1867]
Source of text:
RGO 6.359.534
Summary:

It appears that the Indian government has now approved the introduction of the metric system; JH is very upset.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel576

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 September 1867]
Source of text:
RGO 6.359.535
Summary:

Expresses GA's contempt for those who legislate for others without knowing what they are doing; GA is talking about the Indian legislation [see JH's 1867-9-12].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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