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From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
14 December 1852
Source of text:
MM/19/103, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
18 December 1852
Source of text:
MM/12/67, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
7 January 1853
Source of text:
BeRO MS D/EBy F48 109/2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
12 January 1853
Source of text:
BeRO MS D/EBy F48 109/1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
12 April 1853
Source of text:
MM/19/108, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Thomas Romney Robinson
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
28 July 1853
Source of text:
MM/19/112, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
4 October 1853
Source of text:
MM/21/46, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
31 Jan [1854]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (Sa: 389)
Summary:

Declines the honour of writing a biography of Leopold von Buch, on grounds that he would not do it well; nor does he hold Buch so high as the world at large does.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
5 Feb [1854]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (Sa: 390)
Summary:

Thanks ES for his note [missing]. CD had understood that what was wanted was a eulogy [of Leopold von Buch] combined with historical criticism, after the French practice. Agrees that historico-critical sketches of work of great foreigners have a place in Philosophical Transactions and wishes he had taste and capacity for it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[22 May 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.238 (C: RS:HS 23.147)
Summary:

Discusses auroral observation. Will reply to [John] Lefroy's letter soon. Wants grant proposals sent to outlying R.S.L. members for comments. Cannot attend Kew Committee meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
28 June [1854]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (Sa: 386)
Summary:

Is unequal to taking chair as President of Natural History Section of BAAS meeting in Liverpool. Very little fatigue or excitement brings on swimming of head, nausea, and other symptoms.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adolph Theodor Kupffer
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
26 August 1854
Source of text:
MM/10/62, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
2 October 1854
Source of text:
MM/11/61, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
30 November 1854
Source of text:
RGO 6/356, f.149-50
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Frederick William Beechey
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
19 February 1855
Source of text:
MM/17/12, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[24 April 1855]
Source of text:
R.A.S.M.N., 15 (1855), 158-9
Summary:

Recommends use of photography to prepare records of sunspot activity. Makes suggestions on how this could be done most effectively.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/7/50-2, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[24 June 1856]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS8
Summary:

Comments on a proposed grant to publish T. R. Robinson's Armagh observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[15 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.191
Summary:

Writing article [for Encyclopaedia Britannica] on meteorology. Asks questions regarding work of [H. W.] Dove and [Thomas?] Taylor regarding cyclone and storm theory. Discusses barometric fluctuation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project