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Herschel1261

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Philosophical Magazine
Date:
[20 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.24
Summary:

Attempts to clarify claims published by John Davy concerning whether his brother Humphry Davy had in 1827 promised Charles Babbage a position as secretary of the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14615

From:
W. H. Wood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0598; Reel 1086
Summary:

Encloses WW's table of meteorological data for Jan.-Dec. 1864, made in response to JH's claim that full moon influences cloud cover.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4687

From:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 21 Dec 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 178: 60
Summary:

Sends paper on mimetic analogy [Intellect. Obs. 6 (1864): 307–13].

Mongrel experiments are progressing, but he has observed no signs of sterility.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4722

From:
Alice Bonham-Carter
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
21 Dec [1864]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 241
Summary:

Sends a translation by Mr Noel [not found] of C. B. von Cotta’s views on CD’s and Lyell’s work.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel4191

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.95
Summary:

Requests JH's reflections on the deceased Wilhelm Struve. Discusses making of telescope object glass. Continues work on the optical tables.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5741

From:
Edward William Brayley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.230
Summary:

[John] Davy's letter mentioning JH is published in the current P.M. Regarding JH's and Mr. Magers's psychic views.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall2199

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Wednesday
Source of text:
MS JT/1/5/12, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-4721

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
21 Dec [1864]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 60 (EH 88206504)
Summary:

The Copley medal. Sabine’s Presidential Address and Huxley’s response.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4720

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
21 Dec [1864]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

CD working on Variation; he will soon want corrected fowl MS [Variation, ch. 7].

WBT’s breeding experiments produced no sterility.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-64-12-22

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
22 December 1864
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, un-numbered letter after f. 157
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel1425

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.57
Summary:

Sends paper on earth's temperature for JH's opinion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4723

From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter; Elinor Mary Dicey
Date:
23 Dec [1864]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 442
Summary:

CD sends thanks to Mr Noel for allowing him to see article [sent by Alice Bonham-Carter, see 4722]. CD is pleased at Bernhard von Cotta’s remarks on species; very few of the older distinguished geologists have so favourable a view of his work. He was particularly pleased to read Cotta’s remarks on the azoic formations.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6715

From:
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.31
Summary:

Further details about exhibiting samples of the South African meteorite [see GD's 1864-1-3]. [Letter illegible in parts.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4248

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[23 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.79
Summary:

Comments on WS's publication on sidereal chromatics. Believes validity of doctrine of three primary colors proved.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9367

From:
William J. Edge
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.119
Summary:

Sending a weather almanac by a person called Orlando Whistlecroft. Comments on his weather forecasting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-64-12-24

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
24 December 1864
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70. ff. 155-7
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel6350

From:
H. S. Bryant
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.114
Summary:

Has to forward a copy of the Golden Calendar to him; how shall he send it?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14107

From:
James Liddell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0331; Reel 1087 & TxU:H/M-1165; Reel 1060
Summary:

Encloses JL's weather observations over past year. Asks if uniform style exists for all observers to follow. JL's views about moon's effect on climate. Wishes Robert FitzRoy would abandon weather prognostication and concentrate on valuable daily reports.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall2200

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Frederick Pollock
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13c/1272-3, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday4515

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Henry Cole
Date:
24 December 1864
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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