From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[1 Mar – 15 May 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 101: 87
Summary:
[List of plants in CD’s hand, with notes by JDH identifying them.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Date:
1862-[3]
Source of text:
Manchester Philosophical Society Proceedings, 2 (1862), 215-7
Summary:
Responds to some erroneous claims made at the Society regarding JH's views in meteorology, e.g., JH asserts his support for the Hadleian theory of winds.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Davidson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 February 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.38
Summary:
Has now had ample time in which to study JH's pamphlet. Comments on various points. Has constructed a 4 1/2" aperture achromatic telescope, but the buyer went bankrupt. Would welcome assistance from JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project