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Herschel12188

From:
Robert Moffat
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.46
Summary:

Has instructed the printers to send JH proofs of RM's book on the phonetic alphabet. [Note by JH: 'sent the first proofs to France.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12187

From:
Robert Moffat
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[20 May 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.45
Summary:

Would like an introduction to JH so that RM can send him the final proofs of a book he has been working at, which has been returned unopened from the Institut de France.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1445

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
20 May 1862
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.242, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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Faraday4183

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Henry Bence Jones
Date:
21 May 1862
Source of text:
RI MS F1 F8
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-3566

From:
Charles Cardale Babington
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 160.1: 3
Summary:

Thanks for copy of Orchids.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday4185

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Frankland
Date:
22 May 1862
Source of text:
JRULM Edward Frankland papers
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4184

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Timmins Chance
Date:
22 May 1862
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/4/55
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7929

From:
Thomas Webster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.132
Summary:

Thanks for copy of JH's translation of Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-62-05-23

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
23 May 1862
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 58
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-3567

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 101: 36
Summary:

Does not know Rhododendron boothii; is sending Rhododendron keysii, a remarkable form. Will send Melastomataceae anon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1899

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Edward Frankland
Date:
Tuesday night
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/12/3970, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday4186

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Phillips
Date:
23 May 1862
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-3568

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 106/7 (ser. 2): 2–3
Summary:

Acknowledges Orchids with its disclosures of "wonderful adaptations".

Warns that CD aids critics by overstating the difficulties.

Did Owen write the article in the Quarterly Review? [Review of Origin by Samuel Wilberforce, Q. Rev. 108 (1860): 225–64].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP4095

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 May 1862
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B2-3
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • British Library, The: Add. 46434 f. 24
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 143-144]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel7693

From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.7.2; Reel 10
Summary:

Recently observed nebulae. Changes in island climate reduce observation time. Happy that JH plans to publish all nebulae in one catalogue. Has no new ones to offer. Observations of Saturn's rings. WL's telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP1849

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
24 [May] [1862]
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 25-26
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 144-145]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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FVM-62-05-24a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Hooker
Date:
24 May 1862
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXV, Australian and Pacific Letters 1859-65, letter no. 150
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-62-05-24b

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Hooker
Date:
24 May 1862
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' Letters, Vol. LXXV, Australian and Pacific Letters 1859-1865, Letter no. 151
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-62-05-24

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
24 May 1862
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-3569

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield
Date:
24 May [1862]
Source of text:
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Summary:

Thanks LJ for Memoir of Henslow; thinks it will be invaluable as an example to other clergymen.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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