From:
Charles Thomas Whitley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 204: 132
Summary:
Replies to CD’s letter [250], giving news of himself and mutual friends.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 18–20
Summary:
Met Capt. Harding who said FitzRoy was promoted to Post-Captain.
News of family and friends. Forthcoming marriages of Robert Wedgwood and Tom Eyton.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles D. Douglas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 35.1: 329–30
Summary:
Sends CD large beetles from Chiloé.
Describes an earthquake at Caucague.
Gives exact location and measurements of two blocks of granite; has seen and heard of others; will report if he surveys the Potrero on Chiloé.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John George Children
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
24 Feb 1835
Source of text:
MSDIP-2, Dep. c. 375, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
13 Feb 1835
Source of text:
MSDIP-3, Dep. c. 375, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
20 Feb 1835
Source of text:
Royal Astronomical Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
3 Feb 1835
Source of text:
CELE 3 / 80, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Miss [Ada] Byron
Date:
28 Feb 1835
Source of text:
85, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Feb 1835
Source of text:
MSS 6 / 78, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
Date:
[24 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.4.8
Summary:
Describes JH's location at the Cape and his observational sweeps, lists nebulae and double stars, as well as comet and eclipse observations. [Letter finished on 1835-3-5.]
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.60
Summary:
Has just finished the observations of Mars and the circle is free from any particular use. Further comments on his query regarding the motion of the center of the mural circle. Would like JH's assistance on the examination. Has had some brass ingots stolen from the observatory.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.61
Summary:
Sends the projection of Monday's readings and one of those from the lever of contact for comparison; comments on this.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
5] February [1835
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.179 (C: RS:HS 21.170)
Summary:
Suggests a means of resolving TM's problem with the mural circle.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
21] February [1835
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.226
Summary:
Has replied to Richard Sheepshanks in the Memoirs of the Astronomical Society. Is surprised how near he got to the general figure described by the Circle Centre. Comments on calculations he intends to carry out. Cannot say decidedly that Zeta Octantes is double; it is doubtful seen through the 8-ft. transit.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[7 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.171
Summary:
Additional approaches to resolving TM's mural circle problem [see JH's 1835-2-5].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[23 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.172
Summary:
More on the mural circle [see JH's 1835-2-7].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
J. Peyrot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.377
Summary:
Is considering issuing a translated edition of JH's astronomical work. All of France awaits the valuable results that are sure to come out of JH's journey to the Cape, and JP will be pleased to translate it.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Philip
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.383
Summary:
About race relations in South Africa, and anti-slavery movements in England.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1835]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB II, 215-17 (C: RS:HS 7.287)
Summary:
Mentions letter from William Whewell sending JF JH's interesting but puzzling meteorological results. Will communicate them to a Dr. [John?] Davy at Malta. Has been busy preparing lectures. Made a short tour in England last summer. G. B. Airy has been awarded the Lalande Medal.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1835]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0580.1.a; Reel 1058
Summary:
JH describes his sweeps of Scorpio. Writes that the Milky Way is 'extremely curious and interesting.' Has collected a large catalog of southern nebulae, many never before detected. JH's search for Halley's Comet has been unsuccessful thus far.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project