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DCP-LETT-1182

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Chambers
Date:
[June 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 50: C1–C2
Summary:

Congratulates RC on his work on Scottish sea-margins [Ancient sea-margins (1848)].

Discusses Glen Roy; Milne staggered him in favour of the glacier view, but now his opinion has reverted.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel8331

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Radcliffe Birt]
Date:
[1 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.135
Summary:

Agrees that Kew Observatory should remain open. Will urge B.A.A.S. to continue observations. Admiralty Manual going slowly. WB may use Admiralty's printer for WB's separate article. Did not tell Lord [Auckland, i.e., George Eden] of WB's offer to go to New Zealand.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3214

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[1 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS Sa.656
Summary:

Believes B.A.A.S. should continue to maintain Kew Observatory, but worries about finances. Encloses letter from William R. Birt, whose aid will maintain it for a while.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10327

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William A. Baillie- Hamilton
Date:
1848-[6]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.209 & 23.29
Summary:

Thanks for the offer of 25 copies of the Admiralty Manual. Thinks contributors should receive 6 copies instead of the 2 copies originally intended. Some misunderstanding of his proposals regarding returns of information. Printer has made a blunder in the Manual and JH has given orders for new pages to be substituted.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14405

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0523.1; Reel 1093
Summary:

Members of R.S.L. committee to study Kew observatory. Copies of correspondence between ES and W. R. Birt. If Birt is retained, expenses of Kew observatory will exceed money granted by B.A.A.S. Before applying for government assistance, JH and G. B. Airy must agree on plan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0348

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
2nd June 1848
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/8; MS JT/1/T/515, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel12955

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[2 June 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0367; Reel 1054
Summary:

Agrees with W. R. Birt on advantages of continuing Kew observatory if B.A.A.S. can afford it. Encloses Birt's letter to JH. Understands difficult financial position of B.A.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7557

From:
Richard Napier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
3 June [1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.74; Reel 9
Summary:

RN's brother [G. T. Napier] is travelling in Italy, but RN opened JH's Cape Results when Charles Bunbury explained its contents. Reports recovery of 'Cecilia's eyes.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14406

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 June 1848]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0523.2; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH may meet with Kew committee in London on 16 June. William Mann will probably replace late T. G. Taylor in Madras. Suggests that W. R. Birt replace Mann at Cape of Good Hope. Position at Kew would not be suitable to Birt.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5522

From:
Frederick W. Beechey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
5 June [1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.12
Summary:

Is sending a sketch of methods to make a scale to meet increasing pressure at depths. Perhaps JH could suggest a suitable instrument.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2086

From:
Julius Plücker
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 June 1848
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-1080

From:
James Ransome
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
5 June 1848
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0349

From:
Anne Edmondson
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13a/331-333, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2086a

From:
Carlo Matteucci
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 June 1848
Source of text:
Bianchi (1874), 156
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6696

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.13
Summary:

Encloses samples of the Ibla. Outlines the method of making it change color. Hopes he will not have to re-write his geological chapter for the Admiralty Manual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1183

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Frederick William Herschel, 1st baronet
Date:
6 June [1848]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (HS6: 13)
Summary:

Sends two valves of Ibla.

In his chapter [for Manual, Collected papers 1: 227–50], he will strike out any part that JFWH wants struck out, but if much shortening is required it will need rewriting.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1184

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
6 June [1848]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/17)
Summary:

Mentions his account; visit to Lincolnshire by his sister [Susan Darwin].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel5523

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick W. Beechey
Date:
[6 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.13 & 23.27
Summary:

Sending suggestions for a sympiesometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7449

From:
William Smith Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/3.19; Reel 9
Summary:

Per JH's directions, sent copies [of JH's Cape Results] to [Francesco] De Vico, Chetham's Library [Manchester], and Wilhelm Struve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5524

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick W. Beechey
Date:
[7 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.14 & 23.28
Summary:

Further suggestion for the sympiesometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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