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Herschel10509

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.386
Summary:

Comments on JH's advice regarding the 'longitude of perihelion in the ecliptic.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4320

From:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Oct 1863
Source of text:
DAR 170: 41
Summary:

Is working on a notice for the Natural History Review [n.s. 4 (1864): 37–43] of Huxley’s lectures to working men on the origin of species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-63-10-15

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
15 October 1863
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 123
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel12224

From:
James Nasmyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.80
Summary:

Fine weather is getting rare at this time of year and would therefore like to induce the Herschels to visit him while it lasts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10510

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.387
Summary:

Explaining some of the signs in the enclosed table. Has sent the Nautical Almanac for 1867.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7723

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1863]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 13/1.1; Reel 10
Summary:

WC's goals in founding Quarterly Journal of Science. Invites JH to submit article for first issue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP5096

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henri de Bonvouloir
Date:
16 October 1863
Source of text:
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Historical Archive: Inventory 76, Autographensammlung Ferrari
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel4134

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.367
Summary:

Announces JH's essay, 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre' will be read to the Leeds Astronomical Society on 10 Oct. 1863.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4380

From:
Celadon Leeds Daboll
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 October 1863
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/140
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12225

From:
James Nasmyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.81
Summary:

Regrets that JH's engagements prevent them visiting Penshurst. JN too is unable to manage the dates quoted. Hopes his own Herschelian helioscope will be in action by the time the Herschels visit Penshurst.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4212

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.83 Ada Pritchard, Charles Pritchard: Memoirs of His Life, 240-1
Summary:

Warren de La Rue observes 'willow leaves' [mottling on solar surface]. Diagonal solar eyepiece works with great success. Praises de La Rue's work as having astounding accuracy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP2111

From:
Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
19 October 1863
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 f. 86
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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FVM-63-10-20

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Chancellery of the Franz Joseph Order
Date:
20 October 1863
Source of text:
F. J. O. 1863/245, Nr 10 Ordensarchiv, Abt. Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Vienna
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Faraday4383

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Celadon Leeds Daboll
Date:
20 October 1863
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/140
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4381

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Date:
20 October 1863
Source of text:
HL HU b MS Am 1419 (343)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4382

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Pigott
Date:
20 October 1863
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/140
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12304

From:
P. O'Callaghan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.160
Summary:

Sends a portion of JH's lecture for the Leeds Astronomical Society, which has just been received from the printer. PO's wife's health is improving and JH's grandchildren are flourishing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4875

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[20 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.20
Summary:

Comments on the possibility of employment in India for GA's son, Hubert.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6573

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.316
Summary:

Would JH's son [Alexander?] favor him with a resume of astronomical discovery for his new quarterly; if so, could he have his address?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11094

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Prescott Joule
Date:
[21 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.429
Summary:

Thanks for his paper on amalgams. Regarding the amalgam of iron, he pointed it out many years ago in his Bakerian lecture. Would be interesting to experiment further with iron in solution of mercury.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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