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Faraday4723u

From:
William Somerville
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Before 1847
Source of text:
private possession
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1050

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
[Jan? 1847]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.55)
Summary:

Arranges to meet with WBC to get his advice about buying a microscope.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1944

From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
First half of 1847
Source of text:
UB MS NS IG, 25
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-600

From:
C. G. B. Daubeny
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1847
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 134
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1048

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leonard Horner
Date:
[Jan 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 145: 139
Summary:

Responds to LH’s comments on South America.

Discusses inclination of lava stream.

Sketches in second edition of Journal of researches more accurate than in first.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1040

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Hutton
Date:
[1847 – 12 Nov 1848]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.67)
Summary:

Tells RH that he has secured an introduction to Lady Elizabeth Finch through a friend of his father’s. Thanks RH for his efforts.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13825F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[1847 or 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 146: 329
Summary:

Replies to note from CL asking about views of glaciers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday4651u

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Caroline Deacon
Date:
Between 1847 and 1858
Source of text:
Jan Reid
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1044

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
[1847?]
Source of text:
Yale University Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library (MMS)
Summary:

Asks to meet RO to get his opinion on zoological points.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14779

From:
Charles Pastorff
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-1031.1; Reel 1083
Summary:

Wishes to obtain copy of JH's observations of sun spots at Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2474

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.328
Summary:

Elizabeth Sabine's translation of [Alexander von Humboldt's] Cosmos is nearly complete. Hopes JH will accept invitation to review it in Edinburgh Review. Encloses account of great disturbance of December.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8905

From:
J[ohn] Henry Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847]
Source of text:
R.A.S.M.N., 8 (1847), 14 inc
Summary:

Presents to the R.A.S. a drawing of solar spots made during 1843.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4671u

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Faraday
Date:
1847
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/3/25
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4616

From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (61)
Summary:

Discusses whether John Couch Adams should receive the Copley Medal for his work in the attempted discovery of Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4621u

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Barlow
Date:
1847 or after
Source of text:
RI MS F1 G10
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1945

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Murray
Date:
1 January 1847
Source of text:
JMA
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel14442

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0529.3; Reel 1093
Summary:

Reports organization of N. L. Lacaille's star catalog. Suggests method by which to compare this with Thomas Henderson's figures to determine Henderson's method of computation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1652

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1847 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.138
Summary:

Is trying to straighten out the origin of the R.A.S., and giving appropriate credit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001783

From:
James Clark Ross
To:
John Richardson
Date:
c.1847
Source of text:
MM/25/2, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel6156

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[1847?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.282
Summary:

Regarding the revision of the nomenclature of the constellations. Its effect on the printing of the star catalogues.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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