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Herschel4496

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (70)
Summary:

More rainfall data.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[6 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.316
Summary:

Comments on RF's writing on drifting ice; comments extensively on RF's ideas about air circulation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4497

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (71)
Summary:

Thanks JH for his advice. Comments on various aspects of Iceland and Greenland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4287

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (72)
Summary:

Discusses James Stark's weather observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4122

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (73)
Summary:

Describes a starfish brought alive to England from Iceland by an amateur naturalist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4123

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (74)
Summary:

Thanks JH for critiques of his paper; discusses Matthew Maury's work Physical Geography of the Sea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9515

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[28 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.318
Summary:

Comments on difficulties JH finds in some of RF's writings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4249

From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (75)
Summary:

Discusses atmospheric wave theory in reference to an experiment in JH's Meteorology. Describes weather patterns observed on the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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