From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
28 Jan 1836
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:
CD’s impressions of Sydney and of FitzRoy’s character and temperament.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Jan 1836
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 28–9
Summary:
They have been reading about the wreck of the Challenger; much impressed by Capt. FitzRoy’s bravery.
The W. D. Foxes have a daughter. Family news.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Caroline Fox
Date:
30 January 1836
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 3
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[31 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.196
Summary:
Sends a list of additional stars to be measured for JH to use as standards.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.83
Summary:
Gives measurements for the nucleus noted in his letter of 26 Jan. Regrets the delay of the last list of stars. Wind was tremendous last evening. Feared for the safety of the dome. Finds there is a quantity of sand in the box chronometer.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Carl F. H. von Ludwig
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.406
Summary:
Dr. Andrew Smith arrived yesterday in the Bay and landed in the evening; has not seen Smith himself yet.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Charles Turner
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 February 1836
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Mary Fox
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c February 1836
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
William Clift
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.352
Summary:
Regarding the collections of anatomical specimens assembled by Mr. Verreaux and the possibility of its disposal if sent to London.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
J. J. Audubon
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
2 February 1836
Source of text:
Tulane University Kuntz Collection 600-36-29
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
John Henry Pelly
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 February 1836
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Henry Pelly
Date:
3 February 1836
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[3 February 1836]
Source of text:
Science Museum Archives MS 1130
Summary:
Has been observing Halley's Comet —'altogether the most beautiful thing I ever saw in a telescope.' Comet has tripled in diameter during the last week.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
John Henry Pelly
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 February 1836
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 February 1836
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.67
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Marc Isambard Brunel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 February 1836
Source of text:
BrUL MS DM 1360/I/6.ii, pp.100-2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
5] February [1836
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.219
Summary:
Congratulations on the birth of JH's son Alexander. Has a man preparing the old Ramsden Equatorial as the calculations from the repeating circle are so troublesome. Observations of the comet this morning were excellent.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.430
Summary:
Of health, family news, and the reception of JG's latest book [letter completed 1836-2-17].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
7 Feb 1836
Source of text:
MSB1 / 250, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.71 (C: RGO 6.368.601)
Summary:
Past difficulties and faults with running of Royal Observatory. Hopes Halley's Comet has been observed. Further information on the telescope presented to Cambridge Observatory by Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland). James Challis has succeeded GA at Cambridge. Proposed new railway near Royal Observatory and its effect on observations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project