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SOMERVILLE600

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
William Somerville
Date:
?? Mar 1832
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 49, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

DCP-LETT-158

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Waring Darwin
Date:
8 & 26 Feb & 1 Mar [1832]
Source of text:
DAR 223: 8
Summary:

Writes with great happiness about the first part of the voyage, after his misery from seasickness passed. He finds himself well prepared, the ship quiet, comfortable, and compact; he has already a "rich harvest" and finds the natural history (especially geology) exceedingly interesting. The tropics are full of great beauty.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-162

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Mar 1832
Source of text:
DAR 204: 55
Summary:

Writes affectionately of the good times they have had and of her friendship for CD. Tells him of her forthcoming marriage to R. M. Biddulph.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-161

From:
William Mostyn Owen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Mar 1832
Source of text:
DAR 204: 115
Summary:

Writes of his family and Shropshire events. Comments on the slow progress of the Reform Bill.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2095

From:
Stephen Peter Rigaud
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 March 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.344
Summary:

Thanks JH for paper on micrometrical measurement of double stars. Has already promised to vote for someone else for Boden Professorship [see JH's 1832-2-25].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0553

From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
March 1832
Source of text:
George W. Platzman
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4466

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Trumper
Date:
[2 March 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.104
Summary:

Thanks JT for loan of [John] Bullar's lectures. Stresses the value of good literature, especially by John Milton and Miguel de Cervantes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE566

From:
Macvey Napier
To:
William Somerville
Date:
5 Mar 1832
Source of text:
MSN 1 / 222, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2128

From:
Thomas Romney Robinson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.374
Summary:

Introduces Edward Cooper, who has second largest telescope in the world [after JH]. Asks JH to assist Cooper. Discusses various astronomical issues and instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0554

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
10 March 1832
Source of text:
RGO 6/808, letter 68
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday0555

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Gage
Date:
10 March 1832
Source of text:
ULC MS Hengrave 21/4
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0556

From:
Samuel Hunter Christie
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 March 1832
Source of text:
WIHM MS Christie autograph letter file
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5326

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.273
Summary:

Regarding the situation on the Cape of Good Hope. Is sending a paper of Dr. [William?] Henry. David Brewster suffered last Thursday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-163

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12–[31] Mar [1832]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 71
Summary:

Describes the gathering at Maer and the events culminating in Charlotte Wedgwood’s marriage to Charles Langton.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online

Faraday0557

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John George Children and Sealed Note
Date:
12 March 1832
Source of text:
RS MS MC 2.29 and MM 10.178
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel9487

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.232
Summary:

Has not received an invitation from Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex) for his soiree nor been introduced to him. Charles Babbage has likewise had no invitation. JH's case is different.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14811

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 March 1832]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

A note about procedures for forwarding JH's papers to the Admiralty.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE593

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
William Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1832
Source of text:
MSQ 1 / 3, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel14812

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1832]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Letter Book
Summary:

A note accompanying a letter about meteorological and atmospheric investigations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE71

From:
William J Broderip
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
15 Mar 1832
Source of text:
MSB 12 / 367, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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