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Herschel4936

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.325
Summary:

Is sending two copies of his book on magnetism [Treatise on Magnetism (London, 1870)].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-70-12-22

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Odgers
Date:
22 December 1870
Source of text:
W70/16889, unit 473, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel4937

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[22 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.326 (C: RS:HS 24.342 & draft: RGO 6.132.110)
Summary:

Thanking him for copies of books. People at Collingwood are gazing at the eclipse. Concerning the astatic needle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6690

From:
John Henry Dallmeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.8
Summary:

Has made a trial of JH's lens but it was too large to be satisfactory. Regarding the 'graphoscope,' a new toy. Has been concerned with the manufacture of an improved form of opera glass. Present forms have many imperfections. Gives details of his own theories and sends one for JH's notice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10598

From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.476
Summary:

Hopes he will accept a Christmas box, viz, a portrait of Sir William Herschel by Thomas Lawrence. It was given him by his friend Sir John Kirkland, who is sure of its authenticity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-70-12-24

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
24 December 1870
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, ff. 456-7
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-7401

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
25 Dec [1870]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.386)
Summary:

Thanks CL for his book [The student’s elements of geology (1871)].

Is correcting proofs [of Descent].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6691

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Henry Dallmeyer
Date:
[25 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.340
Summary:

Thanks and a detailed description of the functioning of a pair of binoculars sent by JD to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP5734

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Arabella Burton Fisher (née Buckley)
Date:
25 December 1870
Source of text:
Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences . Vol. 2. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 188-189]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel8127

From:
Charles H. Weston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.393
Summary:

Moon not uniformly dark during last eclipse of sun. In 1858, Mr. Stuart saw same phenomenon, but JH, W. R. Dawes, and [James] Breen reported no such partial illumination. Suggests that this observation was due to refrangibility in medium, not to actual illumination of moon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7402

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Philip Lutley Sclater
Date:
26 Dec [1870]
Source of text:
Zoological Society of London (GB 0814 BADD (Darwin))
Summary:

Sending two sheets [of Descent]. About one-and-a-half more will complete PLS’s task.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6692

From:
John Henry Dallmeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.9
Summary:

Thanks for his letter. Is glad the binoculars give a satisfactory performance, but regrets the width between the tubes does not suit JH's eyes. Will alter this and send a new pair later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP4865

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Lyell
Date:
28 December 1870
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society: The Darwin-Lyell Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4029

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
28 December 1870
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/93
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP5093

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Pieter Johannes Veth
Date:
28 December 1870
Source of text:
Leiden University Library: ms. BPL 1757
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7402F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Unidentified
Date:
28 Dec [1870]
Source of text:
Christie’s (dealers) (23 November 2009)
Summary:

Regrets that Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen has already translated his new book into Dutch.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2989

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1870]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #60
Summary:

Thanks JH for writing. Complains of obstacles to his work. Happy to see JH recognizes work begun by Blaise Pascal and continued by famed mathematicians. Asks JH to respond to AQ's wish to dedicate his book [L'Anthropométric] to JH with only one word: 'J'accepte.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3110

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.275 (C: Académie belgique: #58)
Summary:

Is working on humans and their proportions. Encloses brochures. Wishes to dedicate L'Anthropométric to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7403

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Philip Lutley Sclater
Date:
29 Dec [1870]
Source of text:
Zoological Society of London (GB 0814 BADD (Darwin))
Summary:

CD is obliged for PLS’s correction [of Descent proofs]. Will add a caption to the woodcut [of the wart-hog] since it is too late to make a new one.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2988

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[29 December 1870]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #58 (draft: AB: #59)
Summary:

Inconceivable that JH merely writes 'J'accepte' (I accept) in response to the great honor AQ bestows upon him by dedicating his book to JH. Congratulates AQ on his 'fresh contribution to statistical knowledge.' Has just completed his catalogue of approximately 10,000 double and multiple stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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