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DCP-LETT-351

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[1838]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 37191: 81)
Summary:

CD is much obliged for invitations to CB’s parties, but is afraid to accept because he would meet people to whom he has sworn he never goes out.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-468

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
Date:
[1838]
Source of text:
Mitchell Library, Sydney (A 295/1, vol. VI., Misc. pp. 85–8)
Summary:

Sends suggestions for points that would interest geologists in a description of valleys in the Blue Mountains [New South Wales].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-399A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
[Jan 1838]
Source of text:
Kenneth W. Rendell (dealer) (1990)
Summary:

Would like to call upon RO to discuss the last engravings sent by George Scharf. CD assumes that the revise of Toxodon [see 395] was received.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE439

From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
1838
Source of text:
MSL 6 / 144, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel13285

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Margaret Brodie Herschel]
Date:
[1838 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.7; Reel 1053
Summary:

Remembers [wedding] anniversary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12997

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0410; Reel 1055
Summary:

Announces F. W. Bessel's success in measuring stellar parallax.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1924

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1838 or later]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.1
Summary:

Appears to be commenting on JH's availability for a position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10379

From:
William Hawkins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.259
Summary:

R. J. Jones will be ready to receive transfer on Friday next.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10380

From:
William Hawkins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.260
Summary:

Not convenient for R. J. Jones to take transfer of the property until Friday week. Sends a parcel which has just arrived.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9498

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.243
Summary:

Regarding a successor to Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex) at the R.S.L. Is glad JH intends to devote his time to scientific labor. Pleased to hear his book meets with JH's approval.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12564

From:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.434
Summary:

Has made meteorological observations as desired by JH, and has sent and received various sets of such observations. Would like to come to England to visit JH, but first wants to find a husband for his only daughter. GP's assistant at the observatory died and he is looking for a replacement. [Many parts of the letter are illegible.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE642

From:
William Whewell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
5 Jan 1838
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 180, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

RS-MM-000464

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
6 January 1838
Source of text:
MM/9/44, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel5564

From:
Sir John Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.54
Summary:

Herewith is the reply to his memorial. Do not inform people in England of the amount of rent paid for a piece of land near Cape Town.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4516

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.75
Summary:

Sends drawings of India landscapes. Speaks of JH's return to England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11752

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.111
Summary:

The zenith sector seems to perform very well, and he is now ready to move it to the stations. Has been troubled with cloudy weather. C. P. Smyth is working the mural circle on the stars. Thomas Jones has not prepared the diagonal scale promised by Francis Baily. Has not been well lately. No news from England except that Admiral George Elliott has permission from the Admiralty to settle the land question. Encloses a catalogue of Zenith stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12355

From:
Robert Treat Paine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.212
Summary:

Sending hourly observations of 21 and 22 Dec. last. Comments on the weather during the winter. Performance of the shooting stars in November was poor. Hopes that JH will visit the United States on his way from Brazil to England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3600

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[16 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS LUB.H.352
Summary:

Thanks for work on lunar theory. Sends news from Feldhausen, noting 'latest Astronomical novelty,' the sudden growth of star Eta Argus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12131

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[16 January 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.239
Summary:

JH is preparing to bring his observations at the Cape to a close; has polished a mirror for TM.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8876

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Astronomische Nachrichten
Date:
[19 January 1838]
Source of text:
Astronomische Nachrichten, 16 (1839), 187-90
Summary:

Reports on his observations of the variable stars Eta Argus, Alpha Hydrae, and Alpha Cassiopeiae, and on the comparative brightness of the stars. Mentions that ill health is forcing him to curtail astronomical observing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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