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From:
Henry Piddington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.405
Summary:

A note accompanying another of HP's meteorological publications.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.346
Summary:

On the evening of 4 Jan. he found a nebulosity in or near Draco that he has been unable to discover in any catalogue. Has discovered another red star in Taurus, which is not given in JH's list.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Fitch
Date:
6 Jan [1850]
Source of text:
Norwich Castle
Summary:

Asks to borrow some more cirripede specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
7 January [1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.439
Summary:

Delayed answering JH's letter until HH could find details of works by 'Göttingen Professor,' but has had difficulty in locating them. Any treatise connecting epidemics with fungous origins would be of interest. Will bring distressing medical case to attention of one of HH's committees. HH's Medical Notes and Reflections, 3rd edition (1855).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Julius Plücker
Date:
8 January 1850
Source of text:
NRCC ISTI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
8 January [1850?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.67
Summary:

His manuscript arrived and has been dispatched to the printers with the necessary instructions. Regrets to hear that JH's labors are impeded by ill health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Pickering
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Jan 1850
Source of text:
DAR 205.4: 99
Summary:

Lists plants of Metia or Aurora Island collected during visit in Sept 1839. Flora same as that of neighbouring Tahiti.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Brettingham Sowerby, Jr
Date:
9 Jan [1850]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Sends thanks for a note and returned drawing.

He is sending more text.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Fitch
Date:
10 Jan [1850]
Source of text:
Norwich Castle
Summary:

Thanks him for sending fossil cirripede specimens. Unfortunately one was broken in transit. Asks if James de Carle Sowerby may draw specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
William Thomson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 January 1850
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Robert Hunt?]
Date:
[11 January 1850]
Source of text:
WT 68037.10
Summary:

Inquires whether Charles Wheatstone ever fulfilled his intention to carry out experiments to measure the speed of light in the atmosphere by means of 'revolving machinery.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Thomson
Date:
12 January 1850
Source of text:
ULC Add MS 7342, F34
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Thomas Bell
To:
Thomas Bell
Date:
14 January 1850
Source of text:
MM/21/50, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/525, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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From:
Macedonio Melloni
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 January 1850
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
14 January 1850
Source of text:
BL add MS 39954, f.138
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
William Thomson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 January 1850
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Fitch
Date:
15 Jan [1850]
Source of text:
Norwich Castle
Summary:

Discusses fossil cirripede specimens from RF’s collection. Comments on problems of describing their valves.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Glaisher
To:
Council of the Royal Society
Date:
15 January 1850
Source of text:
MM/21/70, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Emil Heinrich du Bois-Reymond
Date:
15 January 1850
Source of text:
SPK DD
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project