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Herschel6443

From:
Richard Christopher Carrington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.211
Summary:

Answer to JH's query concerning the drawings of S. B. Howlett. Thanks for his information regarding C. J. G. Pastorff.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10143

From:
Thomas Greenwood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.30
Summary:

Circular letter informing him that the third volume of his Cathedra Petri will be published shortly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4071

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 December 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.79
Summary:

Searches for asteroids. Measures double stars and variables; Alexander Herschel assists. Asks JH's opinion of parallax measuring methods. R.S.L. funds offered to M. J. Johnson's family in his memory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2585

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
16 Dec [1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 87)
Summary:

Will bring materials for Royal Institution lecture [when he comes to London].

Plans to bring out separate detailed volumes [on his theory], starting with domestic variation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3695

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Arthur-Auguste De La Rive
Date:
16 December 1859
Source of text:
BPUG MS 2361, f.91-2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-2587

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Falconer
Date:
17 Dec [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 22
Summary:

Suggests HF investigate hippopotamus tooth.

Has heard HF is very antagonistic to his views on species. Cannot believe a false theory would explain so many classes of facts.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-59-12-17

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Hooker
Date:
17 December 1859
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXV, Australian and Pacific letters 1859-65, letter no. 120
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-2586

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
17 Dec [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 31 (EH 88206480)
Summary:

Local affairs and finances.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1668

From:
Auguste Balmat
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
le 18 Decembre 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/1/B/6, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-59-12-18

From:
Karl Scherzer
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
18 December 1859
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Tyndall1670

From:
Arnold Escher von der Linth
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/E/108, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-59-12-20

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Moore
Date:
20 December 1859
Source of text:
N59/12795, unit 748, 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

DCP-LETT-2589

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[20 Dec 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 180–1
Summary:

Forwards letter from Asa Gray.

Bentham is very agitated by Origin. CD over-emphasises natural selection. His theory accounts for too much and would be improved by unburdening it of natural selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2590

From:
William Jardine
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Dec 1859
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 278
Summary:

Cannot agree with all of CD’s views [in Origin].

Thinks too much is made of the Galapagos. The peculiarity of their ornithology will break down.

Offers to answer any questions on ornithology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1669

From:
John Tyndall
To:
First Commissioner Works
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
(1860) p. 553, House of Commons, Bell Bell (New Palace, Westminster)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday3696

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Walker
Date:
20 December 1859
Source of text:
SI D MS 554 A
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-2588

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
20 Dec [1859]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.185)
Summary:

Urges appointment of Edward Blyth as naturalist on an expedition to China.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-59-12-20a

From:
Thomas Balmain
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
20 December 1859
Source of text:
No. 59/4169, unit 4, p. 374, VPRS 975/P2 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel6344

From:
A. H. Brotherton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.108
Summary:

Sending a proposition which he thinks will be worth his notice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP5339

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
21 December 1859
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 115: 28
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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