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DCP-LETT-2076

From:
Thomas Vernon Wollaston
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[12 Apr 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 139
Summary:

Lists groups of insects absent from the Madeiran fauna.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7937

From:
John Welsh
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.140
Summary:

Reliability of barometer and thermometer measurements from balloons. Compares results of several European observers. Suggests new expedition to Teneriffe [Canary Islands].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2077

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
13 Apr [1857]
Source of text:
The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen.109/702)
Summary:

CD returns a letter from Wollaston.

Although opposed to the Forbesian doctrine [of continental extension] as a general rule, CD would have no objection to its being proved in some cases. Does not think Wollaston has proved it; nor can anyone until more is known about the means of distribution of insects – but the identity of the two faunas is certainly interesting.

His health is very poor and his "everlasting species-Book" quite overwhelms him with work. It is beyond his powers, but he hopes to live to finish it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

JHC1078

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
William Mitten
Date:
13 April 1857
Source of text:
WILLIAM MITTEN LETTERS MIT f.159, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

SOMERVILLE307

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
14 Apr 1857
Source of text:
HS 16.359, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2668

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.359
Summary:

Thanks JH for critiquing her paper during his illness. MS's On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences is to be published in translation at Cesna.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3270a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
an unidentified correspondent
Date:
14 April 1857
Source of text:
WTDC WLMS STANGER / 1 / 186.5
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-2078

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Apr 1857
Source of text:
DAR 181: 21
Summary:

Has found no reference to construction of bees’ cells in works referred to by CD. Describes cell of Osmia atricapilla. Hive-bees’ cell was described at Entomological Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel9793

From:
James Glaisher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.128
Summary:

Has the blocks for the snow crystals. Can easily take some photographs if he desires them. Also has an article on crystals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1150

From:
Lyon Playfair
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 April 1857
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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Faraday3271

From:
Charles Manby
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
16 April 1857
Source of text:
ICE MS letter copy book, p.486
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-57-04-16

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Arthur Freeling
Date:
16 April 1857
Source of text:
GRG 35/2, no. 282, Surveyor General's Office, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel12452

From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.308
Summary:

Is too ill to visit JH as he had intended.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4845

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.197
Summary:

Suggests ways of eliminating transmission of vibration to a piece of sensitive equipment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1374

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1857 April 17
Source of text:
MS.RGO 6/471.162-3; MS JT/1/TYP/1/20, RGO; RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1375

From:
Henry Runciman Drewry
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
17th April 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13c/927; MS JT 2/7/423-4, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1373

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS.RGO 6/471.161, RGO
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1378

From:
Auguste de la Rive
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
le 18 avril 1857.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/D/91; MS JT/1/TYP/348-9, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online

FVM-57-04-18

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Charles Duffy
Date:
18 April 1857
Source of text:
No. 2144, unit 3, p. 117, VPRS 963 correspondence register, VA 669 Public Works Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Tyndall1376

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Henry Runciman Drewry
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13c/927; MS JT/2/7/424-5, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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