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Herschel4035

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[13 April 1845]
Source of text:
George Eastman House, 16.17 (C: RS:HS 22.229)
Summary:

Expresses his pleasure at RH's new position at the Museum of Economic Geology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10768

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[5 January 1846]
Source of text:
WT 68037.6 (C: RS:HS 10.121 & 22.264)
Summary:

RH's experiments are extremely interesting and deserve to be pursued. Comments on experiments made by Michael Faraday and others relating to the formation of crystals in a magnetic field and the effect such crystals have on polarized light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1882

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
28 May 1846
Source of text:
RI MS F1 C15
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2149

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
22 January 1849
Source of text:
RI MS F1 C27
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1847

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[19 January 1851]
Source of text:
WT 68037.11
Summary:

Does not believe JH can help RH in some delicate matter. JH talks about photographic chemistry, including passing on information from A. C. Becquerel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1727

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
22 July [1855]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Mentions RH’s book on light [Researches on light in its chemical relations, 2d ed. (1854)]. Asks about coloured glass used in experiments on plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1734

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
31 July [1855]
Source of text:
Bonhams (dealers) (28 September 2004)
Summary:

Mentions experiments on plants involving coloured glass. Encloses correspondence from glass maker and asks advice.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5524

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
3 May [1866]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (tipped into General Special Collections MSS HUN/49)
Summary:

Encloses a sketch of the principal events in his life [for RH’s memoir on CD in Walford, ed., Portraits of men of eminence (1863–7)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel4017

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[30 October 1867]
Source of text:
George Eastman House, 17.17 (C: RS:HS 24.208)
Summary:

In response to RH's 1867-10-28, JH sends a list of his writings on astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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