From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[17 Aug 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 102: 93
Summary:
Hopes to arrive with MS of "Insular floras" on Saturday.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.487
Summary:
Has devised a method of exhibiting the photographs of the configuration of the planets. WS's sister, Mrs. George Peacock, will marry the new Master of Trinity [William H. Thompson].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.385
Summary:
Thanks for letter. Has just turned 60 himself. Does not like the sound of the bronchitis. Wife thanks him for the pamphlet on Force. It is a dreadful puzzle. Philosophers must deny the existence of things they do not understand. Family members are at Walmer. Gives examples of mistakes being copied. Encloses two riddles.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project