Search: letter in document-type 
1860-1869::1864 in date 
Sorted by:

Showing 81–100 of 1236 items

Herschel2262

From:
Thomas Spring-Rice
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.481
Summary:

Platinum pound-weight standard is deteriorating. Wants Treasury to bring it and the yard standard under observation of surviving committee members.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000913

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
22 January 1864
Source of text:
MM/14/188, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000914

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
23 January 1864
Source of text:
MM/14/189, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000915

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
23 January 1864
Source of text:
MM/14/190, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel377

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 January 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.85.161
Summary:

Replies to JH about the date of the transit of Mercury [see JH's 1864-1-[26]].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4395

From:
John Brodie Innes
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
23 Jan [1864]
Source of text:
DAR 167: 4
Summary:

Family affairs.

Mrs Innes’ brother-in-law has died.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online

Faraday4428

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Robert Fitzroy
Date:
23 January 1864
Source of text:
Berkshire Record Office MS D/EBy F48 112
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4442

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.86
Summary:

Asks JH for information on the Beaufoy Clock owned by R.A.S., which is now missing. Requests JH to read R.A.S. Annual Report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

FVM-64-01-24a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
August Petermann
Date:
24 January 1864
Source of text:
Briefsammlung, Archiv, Justus Perthes Verlag, Gotha
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-64-01-24

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Johan Areschoug
Date:
24 January 1864
Source of text:
J. E. Areschoug brefsamling, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, Stockholm
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-64-01-24b

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
24 January 1864
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, un-numbered letter after f. 137
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-4396

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Jan 1864
Source of text:
DAR 101: 176–9
Summary:

JDH’s opinion of Herbert Spencer.

Rejects CD’s view of inheritance of induced modifications.

Huxley grows fat.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail

RS-MM-000916

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
25 January 1864
Source of text:
MM/14/191, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
Text Online

FVM-64-01-25c

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Eduard Fenzl
Date:
25 January 1864
Source of text:
Eduard Fenzl Nachlass, Archiv der Universität Wien, Vienna
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-64-01-25e

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
25 January 1864
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70. ff. 136-7
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-64-01-25f

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
25 January 1864
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f.138
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-64-01-25d

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Jean Müller
Date:
25 January 1864
Source of text:
Bibliothèque, Conservatoire et Jardin botanique de la ville de Genève
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel10635

From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.15
Summary:

Comments on the sun spots he has been observing, and some new phenomenon. Any chance of a visit from JH?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13879

From:
George Alexander Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 January 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0226; Reel 1087
Summary:

Treasury Commissioners ask that surviving members of 1853 Standards Committee reexamine Parliamentary standards of length and measure preserved at office of Exchequer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4397

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[25 Jan 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 217
Summary:

CD’s illness.

The difficulty of getting John Scott to publish his work. Has sent Scott’s paper [on Primulaceae] to Linnean Society. CD is sure it is valuable.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail
Author
Addressee
Correspondent
Date
Document type
Repository
Contributor
Transcription available