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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Julius Haast
Date:
1 December 1863
Source of text:
MS papers 37, folder 205, no. 541, Haast family papers, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1 December 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.703.114
Summary:

Has seen colored fringes on clouds described, and explained, in a journal. Does GA accept the explanation?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[1 December 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.255.94
Summary:

Thanks GA for the papers sent; asks GA to review enclosed note on solar motion [see JH's 1863-11-22].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.266 (C: RGO 6.255.234)
Summary:

Is returning correspondence on Southern Telescope Committee and the Melbourne telescope. Comments on the working of the scheme.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.267
Summary:

Regarding the work of Thomas Maclear.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.268 (C: RGO 6.703.115)
Summary:

Regarding JH's remarks about colored fringes in the clouds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.269 (C: RGO 6.255.95)
Summary:

Thanking him for his statement about solar motion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Knott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.87
Summary:

Believes there is to be a new edition of JH's Outlines Astr. Points out some queries regarding some of the stars listed in the previous edition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Joseph Hooker
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
2 December 1863
Source of text:
Box 6, item 4, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne.Letter not found
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Thomas Romney Robinson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 December 1863
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/137
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Rudolf Clausius
Date:
3rd December 1863
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/188, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[3 December 1863]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Britain's change to the metric system displeases JH. Anxious for completion of TM's work, on arc of meridian measurements. Completes 'Catalogue of Nebulae.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Phillips Bond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0111; Reel 1087
Summary:

Unpublished Harvard list contains nine nebulae published in [G. F. J. A.] Auwers's catalogue of novae, because those were first discovered at Harvard. Thanks JH for pointing out two others already published, which GB will exclude from list. Admits possibility of 'illusions' in some. Asks JH to compare results in C. F. Gauss's article on achromatic object glass. Sent copy of T. H. Safford's article on companion of Sirius.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
4 Dec 1863
Source of text:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138)
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of £248 2s. 1d.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer
Date:
4 December 1863
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/137
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[4 December 1863]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS422
Summary:

Comments on some communications with G. B. Airy, Astronomer Royal; complains he has received no formal acknowledgement of large number of manuscripts deposited with R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.112
Summary:

Regarding the spots on the sun known as James Nasmyth's 'Willow leaves.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
5 [Dec 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 213
Summary:

His bad health continues.

Thirty-two plants have come up from the earth attached to partridge’s foot.

Origin to be published in Italian.

Owen was wrong: Origin will not be forgotten in ten years.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Henry Nelson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.100
Summary:

Regrets that the weather has delayed his reply. Has now been able to get W. Bonsey's opinion on the valuation of JH's property at Slough; comments on this. Building land not much in demand at present.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Rudolf Clausius
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
6 Dezember 63
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/7/2261-3, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project