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Tyndall0306

From:
John C Chadwick
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/11/3507, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel10170

From:
John Henry Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1844-7
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.57
Summary:

Has now succeeded in grinding his 20" speculum and it is ready for polishing. Would like to see the mounting of JH's telescope as it is not clear from the engraving.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-767F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III
Date:
31 July 1844
Source of text:
Alan Wedgwood (private collection)
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of the order for £48 4s. 8d., and offers full indemnity for the £5,000 deposited without security.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-760

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Date:
4 July [1844]
Source of text:
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43)
Summary:

Astonished that dust sample contains Infusoria. Thinks dust is volcanic. Will write account of falling dust [see 775]. Offers further samples.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1596

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Andrews
Date:
4 July 1844
Source of text:
SM MS 350/1, f.33
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-761

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
5 July 1844
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A4)
Summary:

Asks that in the event of his death, Emma should have the sketch of his species theory edited and published. Suggests possible editors, among them Lyell, Edward Forbes, and J. D. Hooker. [CD annotation on cover: "Hooker by far best man to edit my species volume Aug 1854".]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10384

From:
Thomas Emerson Headlam
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 July 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.264
Summary:

Remembers taking him round the chemical works of Losh, Wilson and Bell, but is unable to give any news of the manuscript as Mr. Losh is away on the continent. Hopes he will visit them again in the future.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1243

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
6 July 1844
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.8, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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KEMP55

From:
Thomas Walker
To:
William Kemp
Date:
6 July 1844
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/35)
Summary:

Asks for some statistics about gas production.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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KEMP57

From:
Unidentified
To:
William Kemp
Date:
[before 8 July 1844]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/37)
Summary:

Mr Matheson will set out for London on 8 July [presumably 1844]. It would give the writer much pleasure to see Mr M and the addressee [presumably William Kemp].

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond

Herschel14373

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0520.5; Reel 1093
Summary:

A. T. Kupffer proposes international meeting of authorities in terrestrial magnetism. ES suggests combining this with 1845 meeting of B.A.A.S. at Cambridge. Plans for publishing observations before Cambridge meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10121

From:
Robert Grahame, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.12
Summary:

Hopes to have the corrected copy of his father's History ready in about 10 days. If JH will give him the style and address of Dr. [Josiah?] Quincy he will send it direct.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-44-07-09

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Lars Hansen
Date:
9 July 1844
Source of text:
RB MSS M99.3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Tyndall0307

From:
John C Chadwick
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
July 9th 1844
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYPE/11/3508, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

JHC1241

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
9 July 1844
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.6, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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HENSLOW-321

From:
Charles Roach Smith
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
10 July 1844
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 317
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-762

From:
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 July 1844
Source of text:
DAR 163: 11
Summary:

Thanks for shipments of earth samples. Sends copy of article describing Infusoria in samples ["Einige vorläufige Resultate … über das Verhalten des kleinsten Lebens in den Oceanen", Ber. k. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1844): 182–207]. Asks for more information and samples, especially from the soundings of Ross’s expedition.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7267

From:
Elizabeth Drummond [Sr.]
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[11 July 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.448
Summary:

Now a long time since she has written but she has happy memories of their last meeting. Is anxious about the posthumous fame of her son. Would be pleased to hear news of the family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2904

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 July 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.394
Summary:

Announces the discovery of a new comet by [Heinrich] D'Arrest, a university student. Wilhelm Struve has seen it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11079

From:
Joseph Jopling
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 July 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.415
Summary:

Hoping to publish a register of examples of curves based on his own Septenary system of generating lines. Would JH be interested?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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