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Herschel29

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 April 1856]
Source of text:
RGO 6.376.364
Summary:

A number of options are proposed by JH to help GA solve his problem with the mercury level [see GA's 1856-4-14]; JH is feeling much better but fears he may 'never again be able to walk.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6423

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.191
Summary:

Application for the position of Registrar at [London] University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3124

From:
Karl Wilhelm Knochenhauer
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 April 1856
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

SOMERVILLE304

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
17 Apr 1856
Source of text:
HS 16.358, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2667

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.358
Summary:

Needs help understanding Percades [?] quantity. Inquires as to well-being of family and sends regards.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3122

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Joseph Toynbee
Date:
17 April 1856
Source of text:
UCL MS add 122/1a
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3123

From:
Peter Henry Berthon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 April 1856
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/79
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-440

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 70,69(i),69(ii)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel6424

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.192
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's support for his application as Registrar. Encloses a copy of his application. Gives details of a binocular microscope he has received from Paris.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1211

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Saturday | 19th. April, 1856.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/443, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1856

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th baronet
Date:
21 Apr [1856]
Source of text:
Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds (Bunbury Family Papers E18/700/1/9/6)
Summary:

CD writes on geographical distribution – "a grand game of chess with the world for a board".

Gives his hypothetical explanation why zoology of Cape [of Good Hope] is not so peculiar as its botany: it was once a group of islands – later united.

Tries hard to set forth the difficulties of his [species] theory.

Tells CJFB in confidence of his theory of the glacial epoch and its effect on plant distribution, such as identical species being found on summits of mountains in the tropics. Invites him to attack his "doctrine".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1855

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
21 Apr [1856]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.126)
Summary:

Speculates about cause of inclination in unusual columns of lava. Suggests CL check with William Hopkins about sliding movements in viscid matter.

Comments on CL’s expedition to Madeira.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP363

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Sims (née Wallace), Frances ("Fanny") & Sims, Thomas
Date:
21 April 1856
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/38
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 62-63]
Summary:

Delayed expedition to Macassar; Christian missionaries, particularly French Catholics in China and elsewhere, missionary social work, religious doctrine.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1857

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Godfrey Wedgwood
Date:
21 Apr [1856]
Source of text:
Barbara and Robert Pincus (private collection)
Summary:

Thanks GW for his report about the rabbits at Sandon [Staffs.]. Fears case has broken down, except that it is now known that such a breed has run wild for some years. No need to send bodies since breed is so obscure.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3125

From:
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c.22 April 1856
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel4840

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.229 (C: RGO 6.216.114)
Summary:

Wants one or more of JH's actinometers. Notes his suggestion about the zenith tube.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1212

From:
Joseph Allen Galbraith
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
23rd April 1856
Source of text:
MS JT/2/7/306-7, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1858

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
23 Apr [1856]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (Sa: 387)
Summary:

CD and Hooker suggest Sir John Richardson for Royal Medal. Other suggestions are George Bentham, Joseph Prestwich, Albany Hancock.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-M56-04-24

From:
Charles Pasley
To:
Redmond Barry
Date:
24 April 1856
Source of text:
UM 447, Museum, Registrar's correspondence, University of Melbourne Archives, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-1859

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
24 Apr [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 2 (EH 88206448)
Summary:

Congratulations on JL’s marriage. Invitation to dine at Down with the Hookers, Huxleys, and T. V. Wollaston.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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