Search: letter in document-type 
1840-1849::1843::02 in date 
Sorted by:

Showing 1–20 of 36 items

DCP-LETT-661

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Maclaren
Date:
[c. Feb 1843]
Source of text:
DAR 69: A94v
Summary:

[Written on CD’s annotated copy of a pamphlet reprint of CM’s review of Coral reefs.] CD asks CM to return the pamphlet to him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail

DCP-LETT-662A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Royal Geographical Society
Date:
Feb 1843
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society
Summary:

George Suttor’s paper not worthy of publication in the Journal of the society. It contains no new facts worth insertion.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8297

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Stewart
Date:
1843-2
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.102
Summary:

Agrees to provide Josiah Quincy with extracts from letters by James Grahame. Highlights of Grahame's life.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Tyndall0184

From:
James Sinnett
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Feb. 2nd, 1843
Source of text:
MS JT/1/11/3863, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online

Faraday1466

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Andrews
Date:
2 February 1843
Source of text:
SM MS 350/1, f.9
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4338

From:
Richard Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.341
Summary:

Has 50 copies of JH's paper ['On the Action of the Rays of the Solar Spectrum on the Daguerreotype Plate'] for P.M. printed exclusively for JH. Asks opinion of papers for next issue of Scientific Memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10746

From:
Robert Hunt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.98
Summary:

Has been reading JH's communication to the P.M. [on solar spectrum] and wishes to point out that RH was the first to carry out those experiments, which are recounted in the P.M. for 1840.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Tyndall0185

From:
William Ginty
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Saturday evening, Feb. 5th 1843.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/11/3592, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel12328

From:
William O'Shaughnessy Brooke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 February 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.185
Summary:

Has ventured on the risks of an election to the R.S.L. and would like JH's support and influence with those on the Council. Was prevented from visiting Dover. Sails for Canada on 4 Mar.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Tyndall0186

From:
William Ginty
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
(Feb. 7th, 1843)
Source of text:
MS JT/1/11/3593, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online

Faraday1467

From:
William Gregory
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 February 1843
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday1468

From:
Lyon Playfair
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
11 February 1843
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5354

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.301
Summary:

Regarding his brother-in-law's sale of property. Sorry he was unable to meet him at Dover recently. Mother in good health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2280

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 February 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.151
Summary:

Sent JH's letter concerning actinometers to all observatories. [Johann] Lamont must be informed of recent work. ES comparing fluctuations of direction and force at Toronto and Van Diemen's Land. Mentions [G. B.] Airy and air currents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Tyndall0187

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Tyndall, Snr
Date:
Tuesday night, (Feb. 1843)
Source of text:
MS JT/1/10/3285-6, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online

Faraday1469

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jonathan Poulter
Date:
14 February 1843
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/1/13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5355

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[14 February 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.302
Summary:

Regarding the deeds for CB's brother-in-law. Is sorry that CB could not see the blasting of the cliffs at Dover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Tyndall0188

From:
William Ginty
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
(February 1843)
Source of text:
MS JT/1/11/3595, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel5590

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 February 1843]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.80
Summary:

Note of thanks for paper of JH's; replies with a printing of a talk by FB about William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3810

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[17 February 1843]
Source of text:
George Eastman House, 15.17 (C: RS:HS 22.147)
Summary:

Clarification of priority to the prismatic analysis of the Daguerreotype photograph; comments on the location of a limiting diaphragm in a camera obscura.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Author
Addressee
Correspondent
Date
Document type
Repository
Contributor
Transcription available