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From:
Herold's Book Shop
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
June 1846
Source of text:
RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Alcide Charles Victor Dessalines (Alcide) d’Orbigny
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[June – July 1846]
Source of text:
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London (Part 2) 2 1846: 59
Summary:
ACVDdO asks CD to assist him in finding correspondents willing to provide British fossil shells for his proposed work, Paléontologie universelle, in exchange for parts of ACVDdO’s palaeontological works.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Elie François Wartmann
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 June 1846
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.102
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 June 1846]
Source of text:
DAR 205.7: 280
Summary:
Hybrid geese.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Hunt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 June 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.123
Summary:
Is giving a series of lectures at the Collegiate Institution. Has made some interesting discoveries recently and has deposited a paper with Faraday for communication to the R.S.L. Comes to the conclusion that chemical action can be suspended by magnetic force. Comments on this.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1 June 1846]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0646; Reel 1089
Summary:
JH's opinions about disruptive effect of tremors on observatory if proposed railway tunnel is built under Greenwich Park. Proposes method for adjusting train schedule to reduce interference with observations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 June 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.331
Summary:
Obtained first rate measures of the double star on 31 May, but since then the atmosphere has been hazy and so unable to send any further measures. Thinks it worthwhile to observe all the stars in Cassiopeia and Ophiuchus.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
5 June 1846
Source of text:
RI MS G F18
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Searles Valentine Wood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 June 1846
Source of text:
DAR 181: 143
Summary:
Variation in Mollusca.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Smith, Elder & Co
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 June [1846]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/3)
Summary:
Arrangements for publishing [South America].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Francis Stephens
To:
Robert Peel, 2d baronet
Date:
8 June 1846
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 40593: 187–91 Papers of Sir Robert Peel)
Summary:
Petitions for a Civil Pension.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Walter Bates
Date:
9 June 1846
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/94
Summary:
Describes new insect cabinet under construction, which contains 28 drawers, stands 3 feet high. Describes recent list of insects, highlighting "latest good captures" among other observations.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Sophie Beckedorff
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.2
Summary:
News of Caroline Herschel. Would be pleased to see any of the family if they are coming to town.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Phillipps
Date:
11 June 1846
Source of text:
Bod MS Phillipps-Robinson c.494, f.31
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Thomas I. M. Forster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.340
Summary:
Would a paper on falling stars be suitable for reading to the R.A.S.? Has much material on this subject and wonders where he can publish it.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Thomas Phillipps
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 June 1846
Source of text:
Bod MS Phillipps-Robinson e.379, f.97v-8r
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sophia Romilly
Date:
13 June 1846
Source of text:
WIHM MS FALF
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Henry T. De La Beche
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.128
Summary:
Unable to afford the purchase of the model of the moon.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mrs. Witte
Date:
[1846-6-15 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.128bis
Summary:
Replies that he knows no one who would be willing to purchase the model of the moon.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sophie Beckedorff
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.3
Summary:
Thanks for the invitation to visit him. Will avail herself of it, if feasible, on her way to Dover.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project