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DCP-LETT-1691

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Falconer
Date:
[Dec? 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 17
Summary:

Returns notes on mule yaks [see Natural selection, p. 438]

and sends queries on silkworms.

A bed is ready any time HF will come.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1654

From:
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
early December 1844
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.97
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1655

From:
Augusta Ada Lovelace
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 December 1844
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6929

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.213
Summary:

Is obliged for his list of James Dunlop. Has been reading JH's memoir of Francis Baily. Comments on this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1247

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-12-1844
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.11, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-796

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[2 Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 21
Summary:

Instructions for JDH’s trip to Down.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1656

From:
Leonard Horner
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 December 1844
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.31
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10763

From:
Robert Hunt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.116
Summary:

Received the enclosed silver plate on which is an impression made by the moon; has he any comments. Has been experimenting with solution of bichromate of potash and sulphate of copper exposed to actinic influence. Has been giving his attention to ferrotypes recently.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1657

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Leonard Horner
Date:
3 December 1844
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-797

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[4 Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 22
Summary:

Change in train times.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel14128

From:
Charles Moxon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0350.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

As secretary of Wernerian Club, CM requests information from JH on atmospheres of moon and planets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2962

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #21
Summary:

Requests information on behalf of the Magnetic and Meteorological Committee of the B.A.A.S. Desires AQ's assessment of past achievements by 1845-3-10. Lists works to be forwarded before end of year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8637

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Dallas Bache
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
Huntington Library
Summary:

Requests AD's views on the benefits deriving from the worldwide system of magnetic and meteorological observatories. Various publications coming from these observations will be sent to AD.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8693

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99
Summary:

[Writing as an addendum to a letter on magnetic observatories circulated by Edward Sabine], JH states that various publication concerning magnetic observations will be sent to CG.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel115

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.374
Summary:

A copy of the question circular, signed by JH, sent to GA [see GA's 1844-12-17].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-797F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
6 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 114
Summary:

Asks WBC if he will examine a specimen of calcareous rock.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel2299

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.170
Summary:

Sends 30 copies of JH's letters by coach. Will charge to the B.A.A.S. account.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9670

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.20
Summary:

Querying two statements of JH in his memoir of Francis Baily. Gives details of Thomas Henderson's position at Edinburgh.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3360

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[7 December 1844]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 77
Summary:

Requests papers relative to a preface to the catalogue of [N. L.] Lacaille's stars, so that the catalogue may be printed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-798

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 35–40
Summary:

[Notes on conversations with J. D. Hooker.] Geographical distribution; diffusion and distribution of species. Island and mountain floras; means of migration (high-roads, icebergs).

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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