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From:
John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
26 Mar 1848
Source of text:
HS 16.408, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
[26 Mar 1848]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Describes his new microscope and its advantages for dissecting. Suggests RO might discuss topic [in his contribution to J. F. W. Herschel, ed., Manual of scientific enquiry (1849)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Somerville
Date:
[26 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.408 (C: RS:HS 23.19)
Summary:

Will use rock salt to study heat spots. Discusses views of [Macedonio] Melloni regarding solar heat. If England can avoid the mistakes of her neighbors, she will enjoy a great triumph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project