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Herschel7560

From:
W. H. B. Webster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 October 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.77; Reel 9
Summary:

Requests donation of JH's Cape Results to library of Ipswich Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4605

From:
Henry John Temple
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.346
Summary:

Gives JH's 1848-10-16 letter to the Danish Minister as a direct appeal for H. C. Schumacher.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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KEMP92

From:
William Kemp
To:
George Murray
Date:
18 Oct 1848
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/72)
Summary:

WK explains that although he has effected improvements he cannot ask GM for a certificate because there has not been enough time to demonstrate them.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond

Herschel400

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.230.460
Summary:

A note accompanying the return of a paper.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7934

From:
Maximilian Weisse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.137
Summary:

Thanks for the honor of being elected a member of the R.S.L. MW is afraid his star catalogue has too many errors to suit him. Tells JH about the many disruptions, both personal and astronomical, over the last few years. MW has recently been doing some meteorological and magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-972

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
James Scott Bowerbank
Date:
20 December 1848
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library Add 4251:642
Summary:

Discusses sending fossils and shells to Woodwardian Collection with Adam Sedgwick and a turtle from Harwich to the Royal College of Surgeons. Encloses a letter to be read and forwarded to ‘McBeath’.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel3747

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[20 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.89 (C: RS:HS 25.9.56)
Summary:

Sends letter of Lord P [Palmerston, i.e., Henry John Temple] on 'Ch. Reventlow's [Count de Reventlow, Danish Ambassador to London?] case.' Comments on the present political situation and the causes for conflict, citing William Shakespeare.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC45

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Jackson Hooker
Date:
20 October 1848
Source of text:
JDH/1/10 f.115-117, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH is making arrangements for trip to the snow. Rajah of Sikkim has given permission as a result of pressure from [Archibald] Campbell & Lord Dalhousie. JDH details negotiations that led to permission to travel. Rajah of Nepal much more accommodating of JDH's travel plans. Describes audience with the Dhurma Rajah, his appearance, dress, & behaviour & that of his entourage including the Vakeel & Tibetan Seneschal, Bhotea [Bhotia] attendants, JDH's Nepalese guards [Gurkhas] & their Havildar or 'Corporal' of the Kawass tribe, the Lepcha servants, Bhootanese [Bhuntanese] subjects of Sikkim & Bhutan, & a few Musselmen [Muslims] & Hindoos [Hindus], Mrs Campbell & her children. Though JDH does not consider many of the party trustworthy he does not fear for his own safety once they start to march. He hopes his expedition into Sikkim will pave the way for others to follow with less suspicion. JDH will be careful only to take observations, e.g. with barometer, in his tent so he does not alarm his guard. They are suspicious that his every action will lead to their country being taken, but he plans to charm them & will soon have them collecting for him. The Rajah has provided a guide. JDH explains his route will go North past Kinchin [Kanchenjunga] to a village called Jongri then West to the border of Nepal & beyond to the Kangliachem pass leading to Tihibet [Tibet]. Achieving this will realize Hooker's great ambition as a botanist & traveller. He will be gone 30 days & will take any opportunity to send letters. In getting permission to travel he has defied the expectation of Lord Auckland, [Hugh] Falconer, [Brian Houghton] Hodgson & Sir Herbert Maddock. Many tried to help get him permission but did not think he would succeed. Mrs Campbell has kindly provided him with supplies & provisions. JDH asks WJH not to publicise his planned trip though he may share news from his letters with Bentham, Harvey, Berkeley et cetera & asks that this letter be forwarded to Darwin.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel4819

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.208b & 23.43
Summary:

Regarding Isaac Newton's theory of the motion of the moon's apse. Concerning the reliability of J. H. Seyfforth's theories. Status of the Ipswich Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4621

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Couch Adams
Date:
[21 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.5 & 23.42
Summary:

Giving his views on planetary and lunar perturbations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1205

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
Date:
22 Oct 1848
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 274)
Summary:

Thanks LA and sends thanks to A. A. Gould for specimens. Describes principal findings of his research on cirripedes. Is obliged for information Joseph Leidy gave about cirripede eyes. Describes anatomical features and chief aspects of growth. Describes discovery of parasitic males and a species parasitic upon other cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel39

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[22 October 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.370.67
Summary:

JH begs to differ with GA and Isaac Newton on the moon's motions [see GA's 1848-10-13]; warns GA against accepting J. H. Seyffert's work as accurate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9683

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.33
Summary:

Sending a complete copy of the excerpts from JH's book [Cape Results]. One or two of the pictures are not by JH. Thinks a fuller abstract would have been useful.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP3744

From:
Wallace, Alfred Russel & Bates, Henry Walter
To:
Samuel Stevens
Date:
23 October [1848]
Source of text:
Stevens, S. (1849). Journey to explore the province of Pará. Annals and Magazine of Natural History : Series Series 2, 3 (13): 74-75
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel6776

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.93
Summary:

Recently observed Hyperion very faintly. Gives observation and drawings. The recent bad weather has prevented important observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5017

From:
[William Henry Smyth]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.398
Summary:

Asking JH to sign an enclosed item.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4820

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.209 (C: RGO 6.370.69)
Summary:

Further regarding GA's defense of Isaac Newton's theory on the moon. J. H. Seyfforth's theories seem plausible. Ipswich Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4622

From:
John Couch Adams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.6
Summary:

Answer to JH's letter (HS 1.5) on planetary and lunar perturbations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel40

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[24 October 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.370.71
Summary:

Still arguing that Isaac Newton is not correct concerning the moon's motions [see GA's 1848-10-24].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4822

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.211 (C: RGO 6.370.73)
Summary:

Regarding the annual equation of the moon's motion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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