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DCP-LETT-1986

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
11–12 Nov [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 181
Summary:

CD relieved by JDH’s positive response to his MS.

CD continues observations on means of transport.

JDH’s Raoul Island paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 22 (1857): 133–41], showing continuity of vegetation with New Zealand, best evidence yet of continental extension.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-644

From:
Thomas Bell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
11 November 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 17
Summary:

Makes arrangements for Linnean Society meeting. Discusses local politics and ‘Memoranda’ written by JSH.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel7056

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[11 November 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.183
Summary:

Comments on the state of JH's health, color blindness, missing R.A.S. Notices, and decimal coinage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3204

From:
George Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 November 1856
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/70
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1986

From:
Sir William Pole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.19
Summary:

Gives particulars of his vision, which WP characterizes as di-chromic. Recounts experiments with red glass sent by JH to WP. Offers to visit if JH wants personal interview.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7057

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.292
Summary:

Pleased to hear his health is improving, but he should rest in the morning. Thinks it will be a long time before the decimal coinage can be introduced. Comments on cooking in the next century. Has been looking at a 10" bar of aluminum, which [Thomas?] Graham has sent him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-463

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
13 November 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 84
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1987

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin; George Howard Darwin
Date:
13 [Nov 1856]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 10
Summary:

Describes the funeral of Aunt Sarah [Elizabeth Wedgwood].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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

Herschel3655

From:
William Sharpey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1856]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.163
Summary:

Sends photograph of drawing of lunar crater Copernicus made with reflector at Rome, to aid B.A.A.S.'s effort in comparing moon's surface with that of earth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1988

From:
William Freeman Daniell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Nov 1856
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 270, 271
Summary:

Believes he can give CD information on Mammalia of St Thomas [São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea]. Quotes from a Portuguese history of the islands on unique species of monkeys and civet cats found there.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1295

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Henry Clifton Sorby
Date:
14th Nov. 1856
Source of text:
SLPS/51/77-14 Nov 1856, Sheffield Archives
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel1115

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[14 November 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.13a
Summary:

Is sending in JH's report on Pole's paper [see JH's 1856-11-9].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1116

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[14 November 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.13b
Summary:

Thanks the council of the R.S.L. through GS for the gift of a portrait of Nicholas Copernicus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7333

From:
T. Dudgeon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.509
Summary:

Hears that JH is working on the theories of color blindness and encloses some China silks that may prove useful.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1989

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
15 Nov [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 182
Summary:

CD finds JDH’s objections to a mundane cold period significant, and he endeavours to show how they do not rule out mutability.

He is writing on crossing.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-464

From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 November 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 183
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday3205

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
15 November 1856
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/71
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

JHC1171

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Professor Charles Cardale Babington
Date:
15 November 1856
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.135, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-1622

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[16 Nov 1856]
Source of text:
DAR 100: 162–3
Summary:

JDH not happy with CD’s explanation of the absence of north temperate forms in the Southern Hemisphere, given his explanation for the spread of sub-arctic forms to the south. [CD’s note is in response to JDH’s criticism.]

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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