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Faraday4643u

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Samuel Hunter Christie
Date:
Between 1837 and 1854
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

SOMERVILLE133

From:
Ada Byron (King)
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
1837
Source of text:
MSBY 3 / 62, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE471

From:
Harriet Marineau
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
undated (c 1837)
Source of text:
MSM 3 / 189, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

DCP-LETT-339

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Maurice Herbert
Date:
[1 Jan 1837]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/1)
Summary:

Enjoyed the merry evening with JMH.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday0961

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Henry William Pickersgill
Date:
1837
Source of text:
RI MS F1 A12
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel9402

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Fairbairn
Date:
[1837 late or 1838
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.155 (C: RS:HS 35.13.3)
Summary:

Has been impressed by the new governor and thinks the colony will benefit from his prudent judgment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7411

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1837 or earlier]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 6/2.59 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

Comments on letter received. Regrets replies about 'the Muriate of Chrome.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0962

From:
John Ashburner
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
3 January 1837
Source of text:
RI MS F3 C097
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11881

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
3] January [1837
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.240
Summary:

Proceedings with the Circle went on as well as expected; fixed the additional microscopes with plaster of paris. Sends the P.M.that contains F. W. Bessel's paper on the repeating circle. Opposition of Mars will require the use of the circle in the last of the present month.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0963

From:
James Lewis
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 January 1837
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.73
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3984

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1837]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0582.1.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports that he viewed Halley's Comet from 1836-1-25 to 1836-5-10. Now studying sunspots and solar radiation. Comments that the sun has more spots than JH previously thought. Has been busy during the December solstice determining the constant of solar radiation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0964

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Lewis
Date:
11 January 1837
Source of text:
NLS MS 581, f.445
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0964b

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Francis
Date:
11 January 1837
Source of text:
University of North Carolina MS William A. Whitaker Collection, 3433/2.4/16
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0964a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Jerdan
Date:
11 January 1837
Source of text:
[Jerdan] (1868), 143
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0965

From:
Robert Edmond Grant
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
13 January 1837
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I134
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-340

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Jan 1837
Source of text:
DAR 204: 57
Summary:

Apologises for delay in thanking him for the flowers. Has been too unwell to write.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-341

From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 [Jan 1837]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 142
Summary:

Morning Herald had an account of CD’s 80 specimens of Mammalia and 450 birds at the Zoological Society.

John Gould has described new species in CD’s Galapagos birds.

Much interest in CD’s "Laurels".

Family news.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8596

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Johann Franz Encke
Date:
[17 January 1837]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Encke 49 (C: RS:HS 25.5.5)
Summary:

Tried unsuccessfully to observe Encke's Comet; succeeded in observing Halley's Comet, which JH discusses. Mentions JH's graphical method of treating orbits of double stars, JH's plans to return to England, moon maps, and sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9560

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 January 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.292
Summary:

Encloses observations made by some of his pupils who have now formed a physico-mathematical society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-342

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[19 Jan 1837]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 142v
Summary:

Declines invitation to dine at Downing College because of influenza.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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