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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[23 Jan 1847]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.65)
Summary:

Asks CL to address a letter to Charles Maclaren.

Discusses recent publication by David Milne on erratic boulders [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 42 (1847): 154–172].

Views of Bernhard Studer on foliation of gneiss in the Alps. Asks CL to tell Leonard Horner of Studer’s views.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Daniel Sharpe
Date:
[23 Jan 1847]
Source of text:
UCL Library Services, Special Collections (PEARSON/10/1)
Summary:

Comments on manuscript [? "On slaty cleavage", J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 5 (1849): 111–29]. Discusses phenomenon of cleavage. Will write to J. D. Forbes about DS’s paper.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[24 Jan 1847]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.58)
Summary:

Comments on investigation of coral reefs by A. A. Gould, particularly the reefs around Tahiti. Mentions description of reefs of Tahiti by W. Forbes.

Hooker’s view of work by C. J. F. Bunbury.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Leonard Jenyns
Date:
25 January 1847
Source of text:
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Jenyns Collection Letter 3133
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[28 January 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.297
Summary:

Thanks for the pains about a translator [see JH's 1847-1-8]; preparing biographical information about F. W. Bessel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Margaret Ginty
Date:
Jan. 29. 1847
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/11/3637, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 January 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.229.309
Summary:

Seeks GA's opinion about including a specific passage in F. W. Bessel's obituary notice for the R.A.S. Also inquires about the printing of the star catalogues of N. L. Lacaille and J. J. L. Lalande.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.203.347
Summary:

Concerned about W. S. Stratford, who has not responded to letters; GA has a problem with the German notation of star positions used by Thomas Henderson.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.177
Summary:

Regarding W. S. Stratford and the printing of the catalogues. F. W. Bessel's star corrections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.178 (C: RGO 6.229.311)
Summary:

Regarding F. W. Bessel's doubt concerning the law of gravitation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George W. Hearn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.272
Summary:

Thanks for prompt reply. Does know something about blood and circulation, but may not have expressed himself clearly. Thinks Michael Faraday has made important discoveries in magnetism and electricity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jacob Herbert
Date:
1 February 1847
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/1/39
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[1 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.298
Summary:

Ask WL's permission to make reference to WL's sighting of the seventh satellite of Saturn in JH's observations of all the satellites of Saturn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Antonio Lombardi
Date:
2 February 1847
Source of text:
ANS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George W. Hearn
Date:
[2 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.273 & 22.299
Summary:

Is little conversant in physiology so is unable to discuss GH's theories. Suggests some alterations to the text of the article.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
C. J. F. Bunbury
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
3 February 1847
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 48
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 February 1847]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB IV, 193-5 (C: RS:HS 7.308)
Summary:

Comments, after delays due to busyness, on JH's queries on the calibration of actinometers and gives results of experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[3 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.300
Summary:

Sends what JH has written on F. W. Bessel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.131
Summary:

About observations of the seventh satellite of Saturn, and using William Parsons' (3rd Earl of Rosse) 'machine'.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George W. Hearn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.274
Summary:

Agrees wholeheartedly with JH's recommendation for his paper. Will rewrite it if necessary. Hopes JH will produce a second edition of his work on finite differences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project