Text Online
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 February 1847
Source of text:
W.A.F. Burdett-Coutts
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.202
Summary:
Encloses application for meteorological and magnetic observatories from governor of New Brunswick. May establish observations in all colonies for limited time. Puzzled over [John] Lefroy's results from Athabasca.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
8 [Feb 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 79
Summary:
Cirripede observations.
Would like to hear what JDH has to say about his species sketch.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts
Date:
8 February 1847
Source of text:
W.A.F. Burdett-Coutts
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir Francis Ronalds
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.421
Summary:
Wishes to use remarks JH made at Kew Observatory in 1846 for a Royal Society publication. Asks JH to read transcript for accuracy.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[8 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.302
Summary:
About the dispute in the R.A.S. over awarding its medal(s) after discovery of Neptune.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[8 February 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.229.80
Summary:
Comments on the unsatisfactory [to JH] resolution regarding the awarding of the annual R.A.S. medal.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[8 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.59 (C: RS:HS 25.9.35)
Summary:
Has learned of more dissatisfaction with the R.A.S. council's decision regarding awarding its medal. Because the council rejected the proposal to give more than one medal, the decision to medalize no one was a logical consequence. Expects the matter will be raised in the general meeting. Wants some positive conclusion, not a negative one. Restates his original position that medals ought go to both, with care taken in the wording so as to avoid national rivalry.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project