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Herschel10274

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Haig[?]
Date:
[4 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.157 & 24.266
Summary:

Has received his book on symbolism from the publishers. Comments on some of its views. Feels he has been treated a little harshly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6775F

From:
Ponderer
To:
Athenæum
Date:
[before 5 June 1869]
Source of text:
Athenæum , 5 June 1869, p. 772
Summary:

Inquires how CD arrived at the conclusion that fifteen million elephants could be produced from a single pair in five centuries [Origin, 5th ed., p. 74].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-69-06-06

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Macarthur
Date:
6 June 1869
Source of text:
A2938 Macarthur papers, vol. 42, pp. 376-91, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-6776

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 June 1869
Source of text:
DAR 103: 14–17
Summary:

Account of his Russian trip.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel13052

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
6 [June] 1869
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0464; Reel 1055
Summary:

Correction to be made in JH's biographical sketch of William Whewell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1621

From:
David Brewster
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/B/129; MS JT/1/TYP/1/160, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-6777

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Traherne Moggridge
Date:
7 June 1869
Source of text:
DAR 146: 377
Summary:

Glad JTM intends to write a paper. Discusses JTM’s research on Arbutus.

CD’s riding accident.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10688

From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.51
Summary:

Would like his advice on how to publicize Lieut. John Herschel's letter; shall he send it to G. G. Stokes? Comments on the method for viewing the forms of prominences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6778

From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 June 1869
Source of text:
DAR 160: 87
Summary:

Ashamed that members of the Entomological Society have almost no information on sex ratio of bred insects in response to CD’s query of months ago. One exception, William Buckler, promises results. [See Descent 1: 313.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6779

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Crichton-Browne
Date:
8 June 1869
Source of text:
DAR 143: 328
Summary:

Thanks for information about expression.

Comments on JC-B’s photographs of insane people.

Sends copy of Duchenne [see 6755].

Asks for further information about platysma, his bête noire for a year or two.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel9381

From:
Frederick J. O. Evans
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.134
Summary:

Submitted JH's wishes to the Board, but the Board wishes him to remain a member as they value his advice, even if they cannot count on a personal appearance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FL-0321

From:
Woolner, Thomas
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
8 June 1869
Source of text:
DAR 210.7: 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-6766

From:
William Buckler
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 8 June 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 85: B127
Summary:

List giving the numbers of Lepidoptera of different species reared in 1869 and the proportions of the sexes [see Descent 1: 313].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-69-06-09a

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
9 June 1869
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel10689

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William Huggins
Date:
[9 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.52 & 24.268
Summary:

Thinks it would be best to send his son's letter to G. G. Stokes at the R.S.L. Cannot give a positive opinion on WH's plan for seeing the prominences. Finds some discrepancies in the Report of WH's paper on Sirius and the paper itself.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP4028

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
9 June 1869
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/92
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel13273

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[10 June 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0530; Reel 1053
Summary:

Forwarded both of John's papers on solar observations to William Huggins. Comments on solar prominences and spots, and on Eta Argus. Concern for Esther's fever. Report of 'great meteor' seen at Collingwood. Alexander Herschel came home from Glasgow with new device called 'bicycle' that amuses neighbors. Explains optics problem in telescopes. English system of measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-69-06-11a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Richard Horne
Date:
11 June 1869
Source of text:
Vol. 5, pp. 227-30, Richard Hengist Horne papers, MLMSS 2410, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel10690

From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.53
Summary:

Has sent Lieut. John Herschel's letter to G. G. Stokes. Gives reasons for the discrepancies in the report of his paper and the paper itself. Is wondering whether to set up his large telescope further from London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2549

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.458
Summary:

Wilberforce Clarke, the nephew of an old friend, has been appointed to a meteorological observatory. He needs a list of useful books and instruments for his job from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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