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DCP-LETT-1161

From:
John Higgins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Mar 1848
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/11)
Summary:

Agrees to pay Mr Mason as requested.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0345

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Hirst
Date:
Mar 1/48
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/6; MS JT/1/T/513, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel7631

From:
Robert Treat Paine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.148; Reel 9
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results. Offers map of Massachusetts, constructed from RP's triangulation and astronomical observation. Zeal for astronomy is increasing in America. Reports discoveries by W. C. Bond and total solar eclipse of Nov. 1834.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8371

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Radcliffe Birt]
Date:
[1848-3?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.170
Summary:

Admiralty Manual must be succinct. WB's specialized notes [on atmospheric waves] are too extensive.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6975

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[1 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.15
Summary:

On the origin of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8786

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William J. Hooker
Date:
[1848-3]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Summary:

Extent of WH's manuscript for JH's Admiralty Manual is fine. Please send it as soon as possible.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

KEMP80

From:
Robert Chambers
To:
William Kemp
Date:
2 Mar 1848
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/60)
Summary:

RC still wants some heights checked.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond

Herschel3453

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.134
Summary:

Describes R.S.L. Council meeting regarding succession of presidency. Most members wish to nominate JH to serve for a few years. ES urges JH to accept. [Marked 'private.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001097

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Herschel
Date:
3 March 1848
Source of text:
MM/16/134, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
Text Online

Faraday2060

From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 March 1848
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/1/42
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10892

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.241
Summary:

Has written a letter to Mrs. James Maclaren and enclosed three orders of admission to the British Museum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday2059

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 March 1848
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6280

From:
Charles Davidson Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.41
Summary:

Is off to Scotland and has not been able to collect the parcel. News of the Cape. Dr. J. R. Innes's letters. Is sorry to hear of Lady Herschel's slow recovery.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12953

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[5 March 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0365; Reel 1054
Summary:

Returns Robert Peel's letter. JH has not changed opinion. Will not accept office [of R.S.L. president], even for one year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE373

From:
Francis Jeffrey
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
6 Mar 1848
Source of text:
MSJ 1 / 22, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
Text Online

Faraday2061

From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 March 1848
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/1/42
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

SOMERVILLE294

From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
6 Mar 1848
Source of text:
HS 16.406, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel3745

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[6 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.87 (C: RS:HS 25.9.55)
Summary:

Unable to chair the [R.A.S.] meeting on Friday. On various persons proposed as R.A.S. associates or honorary members. Has recently been busy reading newspapers: 'There seem to be 2 worlds going on at once and it is not easy to keep up with both.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2713

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[6 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.406 (C: RS:HS 23.16)
Summary:

Thanks WS for W. H. Wollaston's crystal models and other gifts. Comments on the 'strange and exciting events' that are in progress in political affairs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE350

From:
John Russell Hind
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
7 Mar 1848
Source of text:
MSH 5 / 328, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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