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Herschel10994

From:
Henry Bence Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1868]-7-6.
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.340
Summary:

John Tyndall left London in a hurry, but he has urged the claims of JH's son [Alexander] as a professor at the School of Mines.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11529

From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.444
Summary:

Much obliged for calling his attention to M. C. E. Du Four's paper, though he cannot reconcile the general reasoning. Comments on the effect of the Sirocco on the Föhn of the Alps.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4224

From:
Sir Henry Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.326
Summary:

Thanks JH for sending JH's work on Dante's Divine Comedy. Confesses not to be a Dante expert, but believes terza rima best for the poem in English.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10671

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir William Huggins
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.219
Summary:

Comments on WH's spectroscopic examination of cometary tails [see WH's 1868-7-2].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1727

From:
Smith, Elder & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.214
Summary:

Apology for errors in binding [see SE's 1868-7-3]; new volume being bound.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6611

From:
William B. Clarke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.348
Summary:

Sending details of the atmosphere being affected by the new moon. Has not regularly received his astronomical notices owing to a fault in the address. News of scientific happenings in Australia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1529

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Henry Bolus
Date:
7 July 1868
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.6, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1530

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Henry Bolus
Date:
7 July 1868
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.7, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel989

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[8 July 1868]
Source of text:
JHS 6.48
Summary:

Comments on son John's spectroscopic and telescopic observations, and encourages observing a particular nebula, as it has been reported as having changed shape since JH observed it in the 1830's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-68-07-09

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
9 July 1868
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 334
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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WCP3003

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Henry Lewes
Date:
9 July 1868
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46439 ff. 45-46
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6270

From:
Julia Margaret Pattle; Julia Margaret Cameron
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 10 July 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 8
Summary:

On the rental by the Darwins of a house at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6271

From:
Julia Margaret Pattle; Julia Margaret Cameron
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 July 1868
Source of text:
DAR 161: 9
Summary:

More on the rental by the Darwins of a house at Freshwater Bay.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3525

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.402
Summary:

JT has suggested that JH's son [Alexander] be appointed to position in Royal School of Mines, but colleagues, unwisely, JT thinks, want someone more well-known.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11530

From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.445
Summary:

Sends Captain [P. F.] Shortland's account of his recent soundings and temperatures of the sea. Comments on these readings in the light of theory. What does JH think of the matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-68-07-12

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
12 July 1868
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-6272

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 July [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 102: 220–1
Summary:

Sketches out subjects he intends to speak on at Norwich [BAAS meeting]: museums, CD’s work in botany, Pangenesis, early history of mankind.

Asks about CD’s "book on man" [Descent].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6274

From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 July 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 129–32; DAR 161: 285
Summary:

Offers deerhound puppy.

Asks for photograph.

Encloses letter from George Cupples of notes, with excerpts from letters from Peter Robertson and John Wright, relating to difference in size between male and female deerhounds. Reports on weight statistics of ten [deerhound] puppies being observed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel5046

From:
Georg F. J. A. Auwers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.425
Summary:

Would like to visit JH at Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[13 July 1868]
Source of text:
APS B.D25.L.20 (C: RS:HS 24.220)
Summary:

On the temperatures of water in the oceans, and the freezing temperature of sea water.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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