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JHC1458

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
--1864?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.259, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

A letter to Miels Berkeley from Joseph Hooker thanking him for information about G. Baker and mentioning that they had recently been to see Dr John Paget for a diagnosis.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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FL-0603

From:
Thorley, Emily
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
[1864]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-4376

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
1 Jan 1864
Source of text:
The British Library (Add. MS 46434: 31)
Summary:

Asa Gray’s high opinion of ARW as a reviewer [reference to S. Haughton’s paper on bees’ cells, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 11 (1863): 415–29, reviewed by ARW in "Remarks on the Rev. S. Haughton’s paper", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 12 (1863): 303–9].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP790

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Walter Bates
Date:
[1864]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM Catkey-395486
Summary:

Bates' appointment to the Royal Geographical Society.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4377

From:
Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Jan 1864
Source of text:
DAR 166: 36
Summary:

Returns letter mailed by mistake [see 4361].

Hopes CD will accept gift of his Radiolarien [Die Radiolarien, 2 vols. (1862)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7805

From:
James Thomas Walker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.13
Summary:

Received JH's two letters acknowledging receipt of 'Volume of Tables of Heights' of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. Hopes to visit JH and discuss phenomenon of terrestrial refraction. Received valuable assistance on tables from JH's son John.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4420

From:
John Gaspard Fanshawe
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 January 1864
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/137
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall2061

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Annette Roche
Date:
2nd, January, 1864
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/11/3852-3, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday4419

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
2 January 1864
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/142
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-4378

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Jan 1864
Source of text:
DAR 106: B8–11
Summary:

Remarks on ARW’s review of Samuel Haughton’s paper on bees’ cells

and Origin.

Agassiz’s strength as geologist and weakness in natural history theory.

Work problems.

His butterfly collection.

Problems with book on Malay journey.

Recommends Herbert Spencer and his Social statics.

Spencer’s "masterly" nebular hypothesis.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP1855

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 January 1864
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B8-11
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 33-35
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 148-151]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel6714

From:
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.30
Summary:

Correspondence relating to the fall of a meteorite in South Africa on 13 Oct. 1838, and the provision of samples from Thomas Maclear by way of JH. [Letter illegible in parts.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4094

From:
John Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.332
Summary:

Discusses aspects of JT's new book [The Great Pyramid], especially its front matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall2062

From:
Joseph Gill
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
27 (1864), pp. 84-91, Phil. Mag.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel3277

From:
Smith, Beck & Beck
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.219
Summary:

Sending photographs of moon's surface.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14054

From:
William Edward Hickson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 January 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0276; Reel 1087
Summary:

Replies to opinions of astronomers [regarding moon's influence on weather]. Still waiting to hear from JH's son Alexander whether microscopists have searched for foraminifera in meteorites.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14626

From:
Alfred Yeomans
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0611; Reel 1086
Summary:

Poses question of sun's differential gravitational attraction on opposite sides of earth, inspired by JH's article ['Sun,' 1863] in Good Words.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4421

From:
Carlo Matteucci
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 January 1864
Source of text:
Parliamentary Papers, 1864 [3334] LV, pp.32-3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-4379

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Jan [1864]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B21–2
Summary:

Calls CD’s attention to an article by Paul Janet.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-4380

From:
Charles Spence Bate
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Jan 1864
Source of text:
DAR 160: 53
Summary:

Asks CD’s opinion on the accuracy of stating that barley and wheat are different varieties of the same species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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