From:
Madame Biot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1839-5]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.67
Summary:
Will meet him at 10 a.m. to conduct him to the Botanical Gardens.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Raper
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.302
Summary:
Writing at suggestion of [Francis] Beaufort. Needs information concerning [J. A.] Lloyd's observations concerning longitude of his observatory at Mauritius. Encloses prospectus of forthcoming work.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Pompilio Decuppis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.481
Summary:
Discusses elements of telescopic mirror making, including the curving the glass. Inquires about methods of telescope, lens, and mirror makers in England.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Sutton Ford
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 May 1839
Source of text:
DAR 186: 44
Summary:
Answers to [Questions about breeding].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Perigal
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.364
Summary:
A note accompanying some machine-made mathematical curves.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Jean Baptiste Biot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.92
Summary:
Concerning polarization of light rays in crystals of quartz.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Nathaniel Bowditch [Jr.]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.202
Summary:
Letter and parcel of papers has reached them safely for which they thank him. Third volume of Mécanique céleste will be sent later together with the fourth volume.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.118
Summary:
JH's letter of 9 Feb. has left him in high spirits. Is also pleased TM's paper was communicated to the R.S.L. Will make arrangements to collect parts of the meteorite and send the 4 lb. part to JH. G. B. Airy consents that Greenwich Mural Circle be sent to Cape Observatory. Will request more engineering personnel for Colonial Survey.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.77
Summary:
Sends two copies of his own General Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism, one for JH and one for the R.S.L.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[9 May 1839]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/18
Summary:
Just visited L. J. M. Daguerre. Praises his images as 'miraculous' and also Daguerre's times of exposure. Daguerre puts his images on 'thin sheets of plated copper.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Embury; George Tollet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[10 May 1839]
Source of text:
DAR 186: 51
Summary:
Replies to [Questions about breeding].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
[Michel] E[ugène] Chevreul
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.338
Summary:
Concerning JH's projected visit to the Gobelin establishment.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
unknown
To:
JED Bethune
Date:
18 May 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/53, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
James Elliot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.127
Summary:
Sending an extract from one of his articles on the Theory of the Spinning Top. Relates this to the theory of Saturn's rings.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.6
Summary:
Suggests that JH print the portrait of JH with but not in JH's [Cape Results]. Has been working on Lt. Murphy's observations in Syria. Is pleased with M. J. Johnson's appointment to the Radcliffe Observatory. Asks JH for suggestions on projects for Johnson.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
[Étienne] Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.167
Summary:
Comments on some work of JH. Disagrees with James South, and urges consideration of other ideas on a physical, [synthetic?] theory. [Much of this letter completely illegible.]
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Reid
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.324
Summary:
Bermuda Gazette will publish weekly report of weather. Will send reports to JH. Discusses work of others on storms.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
American Philosophical Society.
Date:
23 May 1839
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.16)
Summary:
As Secretary of the Geological Society of London, CD formally expresses thanks for the American Philosophical Society’s Proceedings, vol. 1, no. 6.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gideon Algernon Mantell
Date:
23 May 1839
Source of text:
Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Mantell papers, fMS-Papers-0083-465)
Summary:
Writes, as Secretary of the Geological Society, to thank GAM for his presents, a slab of anthracite with plant impressions (from Philadelphia) and some fossils from Cornwall.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Benjamin Silliman, Sr; Benjamin Silliman, Jr
To:
Charles Robert Darwin; William John Hamilton
Date:
24 May 1839
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/233)
Summary:
Thanks for copies of the Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, with a request for items (listed) missing from their set.
Offer to supply, if they can, any copies missing from the Geological Society’s run of the American Journal of Science.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project