From:
Agnes Greig
To:
John Herschel
Date:
2 Oct 1866
Source of text:
HS 9.127, RS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Agnes Greig
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.127
Summary:
Has taken Mary Somerville's manuscript [On Molecular and Microscopic Science] to John Murray. Would like JH's opinion on the scientific value of her manuscript, and if he could assist her in seeing it through the press.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland
Date:
2 Oct 1866
Source of text:
Kenneth W. Rendell (dealer) (no date)
Summary:
Declines contributing to Land and Water. Asks if Frank Buckland can insert a question about the feet of otter hounds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles T. Beke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.35
Summary:
Thanks JH for promptly signing memorial [see CB's 1866-9-28].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
2 Oct [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 301
Summary:
Did not think JDH had written Murray review [see 5217].
Does not think Gardeners’ Chronicle best for publication of "Insular floras" [Gard. Chron. (1867): 6–7, 27, 50–1, 75–6].
T. Laxton’s article, on direct action of pollen of peas on seed and pod, a grand physiological fact and "delightful" for Pangenesis.
Interview with Herbert Spencer.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Joseph Sylvester
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.163
Summary:
Wonders if mathematical result recently presented by [J. A.] Serret was published many years ago by JH. Comments on recurrence of identical problems in mathematical study.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Land and Water
Date:
[2 Oct 1866]
Source of text:
Land and Water , 6 October 1866, p. 244
Summary:
Requests information about the feet of otter-hounds. Is the membrane between the toes more largely developed than in other hounds? To which part or joint of the toes does the skin extend? Is it hollowed out? [There is a hand-written copy of this letter in Invercargill City Libraries and Archives (Alex Robertson Collection, vol. 1: A0444 S12450001). The handwriting is not CD’s: it may be a copy made for the printer, or maybe by a reader of the magazine.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D[aniel] Mackintosh
Date:
[2 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.8 & 24.169
Summary:
Agrees that a large part of the hills and valleys are due to tidal action. Comments further on this, especially relating to parts of France. The Hawkhurst lectures have ceased and are not likely to be resumed.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project