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From:
Benjamin Morgan Cowie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847-6 or earlier]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0152.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

[Form letter] Invitation to attend annual awards ceremony at College for Civil Engineers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
E. D. Steuart
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
June 1, 1847
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/10/3325, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[1 June 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.317
Summary:

Comments on JL's improvements to planetary theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[2 June 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 93
Summary:

Encloses quasi-hybrid Laburnum.

Suggests a new view of symmetry of flowers.

Will discuss coal and species sketch at Oxford [BAAS meeting (1847)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[2 June 1847]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.60)
Summary:

Comments on correspondence between CL and Whewell [concerning university reform].

Criticises S. G. Morton’s "Hybridity in animals" [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 3 (1847): 39–50, 203–12].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[4 June 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.3; Reel 9
Summary:

JH's servant died in accident yesterday. Encloses papers addressed to AP but intended for [Count Jarnac?]. Suggests how to obtain help from [H. J. Temple] Lord Palmerston without appearing to violate rules. [G. H. Gordon] Lord Aberdeen shows no interest. Purpose of JH's 'memorial' to Lord John Russell was to obtain pension for Thomas Maclear.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
the Königliche Postcomtoir, Husum
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
6 June 1847
Source of text:
RB MSS M105.6, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
William Samuel Stratford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0546.27; Reel 1093
Summary:

Asks JH to compare the stars in Thomas Henderson's reductions to those in N. L. Lacaille's Coelum australe stelliferum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Baden Powell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 June 1847
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.11
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Buckland
Date:
8 June 1847
Source of text:
RS MS Bu 142
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir Edward Ryan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.456
Summary:

Sorry he did not see JH in London. Hopes JH will support John Lefevre for a position at the University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
8?] June [1847
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.4; Reel 9
Summary:

Encloses proof of Dedication to be inserted in presentation copies [of JH's Cape Results]. Book will be ready soon. Forwarding copies would result in great expense and half would be lost. Let recipients be notified and send for their copies. Sends three lists of individuals and institutions to be so favored. Expects unavoidable omissions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[8 June 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.315
Summary:

Regarding the physical features of the moon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Spencer J. A. Compton
Date:
[8 June 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0286; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH's opinions regarding agreement between R.S.L. and Hudson Bay Company for survey of northern Canada. Transportation expenses should be paid by Company, officer's salary by Ordnance department, but R.S.L. may choose to bear costs in order to avoid dishonoring science. Reviews magnetic data obtained by survey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Woolcott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.14.2; Reel 9
Summary:

Requests permission to include JH on list of '[Five?]' presidents of hospital.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Gustav Karsten
Date:
9 June 1847
Source of text:
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, Campe-Sammlung 12
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Josiah Forshall?]
Date:
[9 June 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.62 (draft: RS:HS B27.64 same topic but significantly different)
Summary:

Reports on the changes to be made to the British Museum heating system to improve heating and ventilation in the manuscripts department.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.5; Reel 9
Summary:

Received JH's lists of suggested recipients [of presentation copies of JH's Cape Results]. Wishes to discuss them with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.316
Summary:

How to evade attending the Queen's ball. Thanks for information on the moon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[10 June 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 94
Summary:

Gives further details on peculiar Laburnum.

Can JDH lend him a full treatise on grafting?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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