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DCP-LETT-2634

From:
William Whewell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Jan 1860
Source of text:
DAR 98 (ser. 2): 19
Summary:

Thanks CD for the Origin. WW is not yet a convert but there is so much "of thought and of fact" in what CD has written that "it is not to be contradicted without careful selection of the ground and manner of the dissent".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-504

From:
William Whewell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Apr 1839
Source of text:
DAR 204: 175
Summary:

Sends a book [his translation of Goethe’s Hermann u. Dorothea] as a wedding gift.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-001514

From:
William Whewell
To:
Rev J S Howson
Date:
20 March 1862
Source of text:
MM/19/122, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

SOMERVILLE634

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
2 Dec 1831
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 168, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE636

From:
William Whewell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
5 Jun 1832
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 172, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE637

From:
William Whewell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
3 Apr 1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 174, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE638

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
4 Jul 1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 176, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE639

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 177, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE640

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
22 Nov 1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 178, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE641

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
22 Nov 1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 179, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE642

From:
William Whewell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
5 Jan 1838
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 180, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE643

From:
William Whewell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
29 Aug 1839
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 182, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel7541

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.58; Reel 9
Summary:

Received JH's Cape Results with joy. JH gives new interest to 'our old friend the Great Bear.' WW thinking of setting up self registering photographic magnetic observatory at Lowestoft.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9032

From:
William Whewell
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.217
Summary:

Offers consolation to Margaret Herschel on the death of her daughter Margaret Louisa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9033

From:
William Whewell
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.218
Summary:

Expresses happiness that JH's health has improved and comments on various family matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9035

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1817]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.158
Summary:

Discusses university politics. Misses JH. Impressed by [Edward] Bromhead's mathematical abilities. Is considering translating a book by S. F. Lacroix. George Peacock's Tripos examination questions have caused controversy. Believes Peacock should have stressed applied over pure mathematics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9038

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1818]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.159
Summary:

Informs JH of the place of Simon Stevin in the history of the idea of a parallelogram of forces. Has heard that JH is investigating polarized rays.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9040

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1818]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.160
Summary:

Expresses thanks for and comments on JH's account of JH's optical experiments. Discusses efforts to improve mathematical education at Cambridge, including WW's book on mechanics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9043

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.161
Summary:

Urges JH to come to Brighton and then to return with him to Cambridge; stresses that both he and Richard Jones are anxious to talk with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9044

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 October 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.162
Summary:

Discusses regions of the Alps and sends sketch of Monte Rosa. Informs JH of a brilliant student, G. B. Airy, who is constructing a calculating machine. Condolences on the death of William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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