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Herschel4491

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[27 October 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.208
Summary:

Compliments WS on his Cycle of Celestial Objects. Inquires who instigated the move for reform of the Nautical Almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1638

From:
Charles Lyell and Faraday
To:
Samuel March Phillipps
Date:
28 October 1844
Source of text:
PRO HO45 / 631
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-784

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Oct 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 16–23
Summary:

Discusses the connection between climate and vegetation. Believes that an equable climate is unfavourable to increase of species either by importation or modification of existing forms; illustrates his view with reference to particular floras. Hopes to acquire facts to support CD’s idea that isolation is important in producing new forms. Considers the floras of islands some of which do have distinctive species but others of which do not. Agrees that the wide ranges of cryptogams are a consequence of their means of dispersal. Asks for references to works on original creation and species mutability in order to get the best notions of "the (mad) theories of some men from Lamarck’s twaddle upwards".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel12236

From:
John Henry Nelson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.93
Summary:

Gives news of the death of JN's father.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel421

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[28 October 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.229.193
Summary:

Seeks GA's help to provide information to complete the obituary notice for Francis Baily [see GA's 1844-9-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4754

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.144 (C: RGO 6.229.195)
Summary:

Giving abridged history of the establishment of the new Board of Visitors to the Royal Observatory. Details concerning the Nautical Almanac. Standards commission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-785

From:
Henry Denny
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Oct 1844
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 273
Summary:

Has never heard of species of same genus [of parasites] being found on both birds and mammals, or different genera and species being found on animals in the domestic and wild states. Implications of this for relationship of aperea and guinea-pig.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1640

From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
31 October 1844
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1641

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
31 October 1844
Source of text:
HO MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1639

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
31 October 1844
Source of text:
RI MS G F15
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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