From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 June [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 109: A77
Summary:
Thinks Rhamnus is a case of a dimorphic plant that has become dioecious.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 June [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 109: A80
Summary:
"It [Rhamnus catharticus?] is certainly a case of dimorphic become dioecious."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Maw
Date:
21 June [1866]
Source of text:
Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/13)
Summary:
Thanks GM for a specimen; it is a sport with which he is already familiar.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
22 June [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 15
Summary:
Polymorphism in Rhamnus.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[24 June 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 16
Summary:
Polymorphic flowers of Rhamnus [see Forms of flowers, p. 294].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Bartholomew James Sulivan
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 June 1866
Source of text:
DAR 177: 286
Summary:
Reports on his health.
Discusses a surveying expedition under Richard Charles Mayne on which his son will be Second Lieutenant; hopes to arrange for them to excavate some bones in the Falklands.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 June [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 109: A78–9, A47–9
Summary:
Sends flowers of the differing kinds [of Rhamnus?] with observations.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
30 June [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 292
Summary:
Has heard from B. J. Sulivan about the fossils at Gallegos, Patagonia. Would be a great haul for palaeontology if Duke of Somerset would encourage Capt. Mayne to collect them [on survey of Magellan Strait].
Tells JDH of a new map of world that he might use in his lecture [on "Insular floras", BAAS, 1866, J. Bot. Br. & Foreign 5 (1867): 23–31; Gard. Chron. (1867): 6, 27, 50, 75].
Impressed by H. Spencer’s last number, but each suggestion would require years of work to be of use to science.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
30 [June 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 17
Summary:
Cuttings have arrived. Different flower forms [in Rhamnus?].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26–8 June 1866]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 28)
Summary:
He has had a great struggle with Buckthorn, and would like CD to see the measurements some time.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Wilfred Heeley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 June 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.276
Summary:
Is grateful for the pamphlets on Standards and will inform him of any decisions made by the Committee. Comments on the various national standards and systems used.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Stanley Jevons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 June 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.325
Summary:
Was flattered by JH's message and regrets JH was unable to be present at the Prize-giving. Thinks he may like to see the enclosed extract from Engineering on the tides. Thinks good will come from the Royal Commission on Coal.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Levick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.477
Summary:
Has seen JH's letter regarding the use of compressed air for working machinery in deep mines. Encloses two papers on the subject by one of his sons. Comments on the use FL has made of compressed air in his mines.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James Nasmyth
To:
Alexander Herschel
Date:
[22 June 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.87
Summary:
Sends a sketch and details of the great meteor seen on 20 June. Hopes that JH is enjoying the fine weather.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John F. South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 June 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.40
Summary:
Thanks JH for his kind letter [see JH's 1866-5-31]. James South has heard that his godson, William James Herschel, has returned from India. Could JH visit? [A greeting is appended by James South.]
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[18 June 1866]
Source of text:
Adler Planetarium
Summary:
[Writing to a correspondent in Manchester], apologizes that because of illness JH unable to take chair at 'your College Meeting.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 June 1866]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (63)
Summary:
Announces meeting of B.A.A.S. Lunar Committee.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Wrottesley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.308
Summary:
Review enclosed document, then send it to Warren de La Rue, James Glaisher, and back to JW, who will forward it to B.A.A.S.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Stanley Jevons
Date:
[30 June 1866]
Source of text:
John Rylands University Library of Manchester draft: RS:HS 10.326)
Summary:
Many thanks for the Preface to the second edition of WJ's pamphlet, and for the extract on tides. Comments on this and the use of tidal power. Was disappointed at not being able to visit Manchester but suffered a severe fall.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Francis Adams Sr.
Date:
2 June 1866
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.1, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Hooker Project