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Faraday0766a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Longman
Date:
26 February 1835
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0766b

From:
George Birkbeck
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
27 February 1835
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

SOMERVILLE501

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

DCP-LETT-247

From:
Robert Edward Alison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Mar – July 1835]
Source of text:
DAR 36: 425–6
Summary:

Sends some historical data to illustrate the elevation of the coast at Valparaiso in recent times.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3112

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1835-3 or later].
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.277
Summary:

Even though JH has not written, AQ has received news from JH's compatriots. Asks about JH's health. Has not really used equatorial. Continues work on terrestrial magnetism and includes observations. Asks if JH has received last part of translation of JH's work on optics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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L1025

From:
Bustes et portraits en relief Musée des Contemporains
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
2 mars 1835
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 311bis, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel3904

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[3 March 1835]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Found two planetary nebulae not listed in any catalog; hopes to show them to JH tonight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2885

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 March 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.376
Summary:

[Otto] Rosenberger has calculated perturbations of Halley's Comet by the inner planets. [Wilhelm] Beer and [J. H.] Mädler have a map of the moon and have located two moving spots on Jupiter. F. W. Bessel's assistant has reduced James Bradley's observation to constants of aberration and nutation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0767

From:
Macedonio Melloni
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 March 1835
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-270

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[7–11] Mar 1835
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 47)
Summary:

Congratulates WDF on his marriage,

reminisces about Cambridge and early entomology. Now neglects entomology for geology.

Describes Concepción after earthquake.

Hopes to cross Cordilleras before they leave South America in September.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday0768

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Tomlinson
Date:
7 March 1835
Source of text:
UTA Charles Darwin letters
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3905

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1835-3-7 or 8]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Apologizes for his erroneous reduction. Thanks TM for his list of 'Zenith points.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11697

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.62
Summary:

Has been unable to locate the planetary nebulae; did JH give their places correctly, or is the instrument unequal to the task? Sends a comparison of John Pond's declinations and the Cape Zenith distances. Comments on the latitude of the Cape. The Hungerford got off yesterday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8622

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mrs. Kenneth Murchison
Date:
[8 March 1835]
Source of text:
Geological Society
Summary:

After returning to Britain, please deliver the annexed letter to her brother-in-law, Roderick I. Murchison.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8623

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[8 March 1835]
Source of text:
Geological Society
Summary:

Describes various geological aspects of the Cape area and mentions JH's astronomical work. Regrets that RM's brother is leaving the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11698

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[1835-3-8 or 9]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.168
Summary:

Reports on location of a planetary nebula. Expresses thanks for book by [Robert] Woodhouse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-271

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
10–13 Mar 1835
Source of text:
DAR 223: 26
Summary:

Definite plans now to leave Valparaiso 1 June and to arrive in Sydney in January; then Cape of Good Hope and home in September 1836.

Describes Concepción after earthquake.

Will cross the Cordilleras. Hopes snow will hold off.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-272

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[10]–13 Mar 1835
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 25 DAR/1/1/25)
Summary:

The termination of the voyage has been decided – September 1836.

The earthquake of Concepción.

His geological observations (since November). Can now prove both sides of the Andes have recently risen to considerable heights.

Zoological collection.

Plans to cross the Cordilleras.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday0769

From:
Etienne Pariset and Jacques Lisfranc
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 March 1835
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.53
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5998

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[10 March 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.124 (C: RS:HS 25.8.3)
Summary:

This letter is being delivered by a Capt. William Edie of the 98th, recently returned from Andrew Smith's expedition up the Caledon River, in the Orange Free State.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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