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RS-MM-000815

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
13 May 1850
Source of text:
MM/13/121, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel9694

From:
Annibal de Gasparis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.43
Summary:

Announcing his discovery of a new planet. Gives readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001608

From:
Thomas Warton Jones
To:
unknown
Date:
14 May 1850
Source of text:
MM/21/48, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Tyndall0402

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/75-78, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online

Faraday2288

From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
16 May 1850
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/1/50&51
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10874

From:
John Hymers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.223
Summary:

Names mentioned in his note probably refers to F. D. Barker and W. H. Smith. Persons bearing JH's name have recently graduated; will be pleased to make inquiries.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001173

From:
Thomas Bell
To:
Samuel Hunter Christie
Date:
17 May [1850]
Source of text:
MM/17/38, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel4140

From:
Ebenezer Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1850]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (51)
Summary:

Requests JH's opinion on his calculation on 'solar and sidereal ratios.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1328

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johan Georg Forchhammer
Date:
20 May [1850]
Source of text:
University of Copenhagen, Mineralogical Museum Archives
Summary:

Thanks JGF for geological information.

Steenstrup’s cirripede specimens have been of great use and interest. CD has now described 33 fossil pedunculated cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday2290

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Walker
Date:
20 May 1850
Source of text:
SI D MS 554A
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2289

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
20 May 1850
Source of text:
ULC Add MS 7656, TR57
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1329

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Royal Geographical Society
Date:
20 May [1850]
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society
Summary:

Asks for whatever numbers, since 1845, of the Journal [of the Royal Geographical Society] he, as a Fellow, is entitled to receive gratis.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1330

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup
Date:
20 May [1850]
Source of text:
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (NKS 3460 4to)
Summary:

Describes progress in illustration of fossil cirripede specimens. Thanks for answers to questions. Comments on hermaphroditism. Describes his discovery of parasitic male cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1331

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Jackson Hooker
Date:
22 May [1850]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence English letters A–H 1850, 29: 200)
Summary:

Encloses a letter from J. D. Hooker [see 1257], thinking that WJH would like to see it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3367

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[22 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS Sa.663
Summary:

Mentions cirrus cloud formations foreshadowing aurora. Is unable to attend R.S.L. committee meetings and concerned that 'outlying' members be able to relay opinions through letters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11414

From:
Edward Joseph Lowe
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.325
Summary:

Henry Lawson has nominated EL for the R.S.L. and would be grateful if JH would add his name to the certificate. Has just received an 11' refracting telescope from Lawson. Has doubtless heard of the newly formed British Meteorological Society. S. C. Whitbread is president, and they already have one hundred members. Has had several gifts of books for the Midland Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3529

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.131
Summary:

Proposes date for next and perhaps final R.S.L. government grant committee meeting. Wishes there were more funding. Predicts results of meeting. Updates on ES's health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1333

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James de Carle Sowerby
Date:
[26 May 1850]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Urges dispatch on illustrations [for Fossil Cirripedia]; CD’s MS has been ready for some time and all depends on JdeCS. Suggests a way to hasten progress.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1334

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
27 May [1850]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/35)
Summary:

Discusses his account.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10868

From:
Joseph Hume
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.217
Summary:

Sending a note from M. R. Gubbins of the Bengal Civil Service, which may be of interest to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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