From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 March 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.308
Summary:
Elaborates on JH's questions concerning the Mediterranean. Refers him to Capt. [T. A. B.] Spratt.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
11 Mar [1858]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 228
Summary:
JDH’s "objection" that small local genera do not vary and mundane ones do, is exactly CD’s point. Local floras useful to test idea that varieties are incipient species. Same genus in different countries cannot be lumped.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 March 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0638.2 (C: RGO 6.694.477)
Summary:
Would support the establishment of Colonial magnetic and meteorological observatories if Edward Sabine were to continue to study the observations made [see GA's 1858-1-29].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[14 Mar 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 182–5
Summary:
Summary of JDH’s objections to CD’s survey of floras and conclusion that large genera vary more than small.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
15 Mar 1858
Source of text:
HS 16.362, RS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.362
Summary:
Enjoyed visit of Louisa [Herschel Marshall]. Wants copies of JH's new articles. Is witnessing a solar eclipse, in which half the disc was covered, as she writes.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
16 [Mar 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 229
Summary:
Thanks JDH for his objections; will respond by sending fair copy of MS when written.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Grant
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.16
Summary:
Carrington will be communicating with JH regarding Ignatio Porro's instruments. Pleased to hear of the projected new edition of JH's Outlines Astr. Is engaged translating D. F. J. Arago's Astronomy. Points out omissions in this work. Comments on the planet Neptune.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Hopkins
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
March 16 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/2/613, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Mar 1858
Source of text:
DAR 100: 115e–f
Summary:
Continued objections to methods and conclusions of CD’s survey.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19th March 1858
Source of text:
MS AD/03/D/04/04; 5:3404, RI; Faraday Correspondence
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir James
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
15 Nov 2017, lot 93, Bonham’s, Knightsbridge, Auction
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.311
Summary:
Regarding the recent eclipse of the sun. Has not been able to guess all his riddles.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Grant
Date:
[21 March 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.228
Summary:
About viewing the solar eclipse, and the many errors in G. B. Airy's Lectures.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Few & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 March 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.213
Summary:
Have looked up the deeds and will make a schedule of them.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Royal Society of London
Date:
22 Mar 1858
Source of text:
The Royal Society (RR3: 147)
Summary:
Recommends Leonard Horner’s "Account of some recent researches near Cairo" for publication in Philosophical Transactions [R. Soc. Lond. 148 (1858): 53–9]. Believes all the details and sections should be published in full because of importance of investigations leading to the conclusion that man has existed in Egypt for over 13000 years.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Mar 1858
Source of text:
DAR 98: A23–4
Summary:
Discusses the ranges of species in large and small genera; difficulties involved in limiting the discussion to Britain.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 23 Mar 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 45: 16–17
Summary:
Extracts from MS of vol. 4 of HCW’s Cybele Britannica [1847–59] showing the diversity of views on species among botanists.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Romney Robinson
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
15 (1858), pp. 326-7, Phil. Mag.
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0572
Summary:
Expresses his views, generally supportive, on the question of the continuation of magnetic observations at various colonial stations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project