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From:
Daniel Oliver
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[4–8 Feb 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 205.8: 69
Summary:

Cites descriptions of melastomads in C. V. Naudin, Annales des Sciences Naturelles 3d ser., vols. 12–18.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Frederick Drew
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.504
Summary:

Is going to Kashmir for a geological survey. Wonders if while he is there he can carry out any meteorological research.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jacques Babinet
Date:
[4 February 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.147
Summary:

Notes ingenuity of JB's gravimetric balance. Astonished that it did not occur to anyone before. [Letter continues 5 Feb.:] Suggestion for improving torsion thread arrangement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project