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Herschel3484

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
[6 February 1855]
Source of text:
RS MM 19.113
Summary:

Discusses proposal to fix up the aerial telescope of Christiaan Huygens so as to compare his drawings of Saturn with observations made by contemporary observers using Huygens's telescope. Expresses skepticism about the project.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1650

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey; Royal Society of London
Date:
19 Mar 1855
Source of text:
The Royal Society (RR2: 111)
Summary:

Recommends publication of Leonard Horner’s account of researches in alluvial deposits of Egypt [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 145 (1855): 105–38]. It contains valuable observations which will probably become of still higher value in future.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-001411

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
20 April [1855]
Source of text:
MM/19/8, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001412

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
6 October 1855
Source of text:
MM/19/9, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001413

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
19 December 1855
Source of text:
MM/19/10, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001414

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
17 January 1856
Source of text:
MM/19/11, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001415

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
22 July 1856
Source of text:
MM/19/12, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Tyndall1263

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
30th July 1856
Source of text:
MS RR/3/193, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

RS-MM-001416

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
4 September 1856
Source of text:
MM/19/13, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001417

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
24 October 1856
Source of text:
MM/19/14, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001487

From:
John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
26 October 1856
Source of text:
MM/19/87, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001123

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
13 November 1856
Source of text:
MM/16/163, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

DCP-LETT-2206

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
24 Jan [1857]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (MC17: 336)
Summary:

Feels unqualified to offer advice on research by the expedition; he has never attended to natural history of the region. Suggests collecting Carboniferous plants and studying the geographical extension of sea-borne erratic boulders.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2073F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
9 Apr [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 249: 128 (photocopy)
Summary:

Recommendations of books of general interest [for the Royal Society library]. These include [Louis] Agassiz’s works, [William] McGillivray’s [History of] British birds, and David Low’s [On the domesticated animals of the British Islands].

Comments on current candidates for the Royal Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2093F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
22 May [1857]
Source of text:
D. and E. Lake Ltd (dealers) (June 2016)
Summary:

Agrees with Thomas Henry Huxley that Albany Hancock has a good claim on a Royal Society medal. Thinks that geology has not been sufficiently honoured by the Royal Society, and suggests Joseph Prestwich. Expresses his strong opinion that Charles Lyell would be a worthy recipient of the Copley Medal.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2100

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
2 June [1857]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Lowell Autograph File 84)
Summary:

Supports nomination of John Lindley for award of Royal Medal of the Royal Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-001418

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
11 August 1857
Source of text:
MM/19/15, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001419

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
1 January 1858
Source of text:
MM/19/16, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001420

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
4 January 1858
Source of text:
MM/19/17, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000031

From:
William Sharpey
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
18 June 1858
Source of text:
MM/1/49, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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