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DCP-LETT-1338

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

CD is pleased with the drawings for Fossil Cirripedia but wants a few corrections which he would like very soon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12494

From:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.360
Summary:

Invites JH to come to see the flowering plants in Syon gardens.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12495

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
1850-6-9 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.361
Summary:

Margaret Herschel will avail herself of the offer [see AP's 1850-6-9]; inquires what is happening to the letters from AP's father that JH had given to AP.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001101

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
11 June 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/138, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel961

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1850]
Source of text:
JHS 6.29
Summary:

Has received an invitation from Algernon Percy and JH has accepted for MH and a few friends; JH has received a letter offering some lost spoons with JH's arms and crest. JH says this must be an attempt at a swindle as he has lost no such spoons, since they never existed. Urges some checking by MH. [Letter contains a note by MH asking someone to investigate on JH's behalf.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2297

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jacob Gisbert Samuel van Breda
Date:
12 June 1850
Source of text:
HMW
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1339

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
13 June [1850]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 115
Summary:

On Himalayan stratigraphy. Believes JDH’s observations of glacial action are the first ever done east of Urals.

Barnacles and the species theory; impressed with variation.

Effect of CD’s species sketch on JDH’s view of willow systematics.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel962

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[14 June 1850]
Source of text:
JHS 6.28
Summary:

Great distress about a letter from Charles Pritchard to the effect that JH's son William may not be ready for the entrance examination to Haileybury [to prepare for the Indian Civil Service]. JH is considering working with William to teach him Greek.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2297a

From:
Warren De La Rue
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 June 1850
Source of text:
RI MS F5 B, p.119
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel13748

From:
William Radcliffe Birt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 June 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0103; Reel 1087
Summary:

Stunned to learn that WB's letter to Edward Sabine was interpreted by B.A.A.S. committee as WB's resignation from Kew Observatory. Encloses copy of resolution terminating WB. Plans to fight it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1341

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
Date:
15 June [1850]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 275)
Summary:

Thanks LA for presentation copy of his book, Lake Superior [1850].

Comments on species of cirripedes sent by LA and A. A. Gould.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12496

From:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.362
Summary:

Note accompanying return of letters [see JH's 1850-6-9 or later].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2298

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Barlow
Date:
15 June 1850
Source of text:
RI MS JB1/1, p.36
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1342

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

Asks him to send additional cirripede specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel963

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[16 June 1850]
Source of text:
JHS 6.27
Summary:

Following another letter from Charles Pritchard [see JH's 1850-6-14], it now appears that son William's Latin is deficient; JH will work with William during William's holidays, but is concerned about interruptions, mentioning an invitation to a ball at Buckingham Palace and 'Mrs. [Julia] Cameron's Artist,' who is coming to paint JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12679

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[16 June 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0100; Reel 1054
Summary:

Sorry about misunderstanding between WB and Edward Sabine at Kew Committee. Suggests WB write statement to clear things up.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2299

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts
Date:
18 June 1850
Source of text:
W.A.F. Burdett-Coutts
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-1138

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 June 1850
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society Library The Scientists Collection I 509.L56
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0406

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
June 18th, 1850
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/147, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel4250

From:
Charles Pastorff
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.144
Summary:

Thanks JH for remarks on his father's astronomical contributions. Graciously receives JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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