From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.329
Summary:
Advises him to put his house in the hands of a temporary tenant so that he can rest.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 98: B14–15
Summary:
Writes of "the Dr’s" [Henry Holland’s] mixed reactions to the book.
Adds a personal opinion, "it is the most interesting book I ever read".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Moore
Date:
23 November 1859
Source of text:
L59/11859, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Julius Haast
Date:
23 November 1859
Source of text:
MS papers 37, folder 203, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Nov 1859
Source of text:
DAR 98: B11–13
Summary:
Has just finished Origin. CD has demonstrated a true cause for the production of species.
CD has loaded himself with unnecessary difficulty in adopting natura non facit saltum.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
23 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.176)
Summary:
Thanks CL for his decision to accept CD’s "doctrine of modification" [in Elements of geology, 6th ed. (1865)]. Believes it "morally impossible that investigators of truth, like you and Hooker, can be wholly wrong". Does not think CL’s decision will injure his works.
Thinks CL overrates importance of multiple origin of dogs.
Mentions sending copy of Origin to Herschel. Asks CL about Herschel’s reaction.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Messrs Ladd & Carr
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
23 November 1859
Source of text:
L59/11859, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick Howlett
Date:
[23 November 1859]
Source of text:
Adler Ms. 13
Summary:
Sending FH drawings of sunspots made by W. R. Dawes. Asks FH to inspect them and forward them to R.A.S. secretary R. C. Carrington along with any sunspots drawings made by FH on the same dates.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[23 November 1859]
Source of text:
RGO 6.170.195
Summary:
Is preparing a list of telescopes with their focal lengths and quality, and asks GA to correct JH's list.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project