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DCP-LETT-780

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Adolphe Morlot (Adolph von Morlot)
Date:
10 Oct [1844]
Source of text:
Burgerbibliothek Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Summary:

Says AM’s letters on glacial action not publishable since they do not give facts. Suggests readings on the subject of glaciers. Expresses doubts about AM’s theory that Scandinavian glaciers brought the boulders he was studying.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14218

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.16; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH appointed to a committee with G. B. Airy and William Stratford on the reduction of the calculations of N. L. Lacaille's stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14219

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.17; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH, William Whewell, George Peacock, Humphrey Lloyd, and Edward Sabine are appointed by the B.A.A.S. to study systems of simultaneous magnetical and meteorological observations. They will be granted £50.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5593

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.83
Summary:

Responds to JH's 1844-7-28 about stiffening a vertical circle; comments on other astronomical matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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