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From:
Ellen Frances Hordern; Ellen Frances Lubbock
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[Jan 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 170.1: 9
Summary:

Trying to persuade CD to visit JL.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Malherbe
Date:
[1862–5?]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 58
Summary:

Testimonial for a position as a librarian. Recipient is the author of a great monograph on the Picidae [woodpeckers].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
D. C. E. van Monckhoven
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.358
Summary:

Sending an incomplete copy of the fourth edition of his own book [Traité général de photographie] on photography, which he would like to dedicate to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862-1 to 1862-8]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.1.13; Reel 10
Summary:

Not surprised that actual costs [of publishing JH's catalogue of nebulae] departed from estimates. Reports vote by [R.S.L.] committee. Does not believe publication will be expensive.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1 Jany 1862
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/4/1377-80, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Henry C. Criswick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1862
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.376
Summary:

Is grateful that he has been allowed to dedicate his book to JH. Will incorporate the suggestions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Michael Jenkins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862 to 1868]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0232.1; Reel 1054
Summary:

[Printed notice] Solicitation by Geological Society of contributions for Charles Nichols, 22-year member who has 'fallen into...difficulty.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Jan 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 101: 5
Summary:

Sends plant specimens. William Borrer will be glad to send seeds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Discusses plans for a hot-air balloon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Receives report from Crystal Palace concerning balloon test.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862?]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.3.14 verso; Reel 10
Summary:

Notes on trapping air at different elevations [during balloon ascent]. G. B. Airy and JH will be absent. W. H. Sykes will arrive this evening. Will make another ascent Monday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Arthur Pepys Whately
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
p. 389, Life and Work
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Matthew Collins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862-1]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.265
Summary:

Is glad his article on central forces pleased him. Sends one of his latest solutions. Would like a few lines by way of a testimonial. Has been unfortunate when applying for positions as he has lacked support.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mr. Abinger
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0917.1; Reel 1083
Summary:

Requests donation to hospital.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
1862
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.379
Summary:

Thanks for JG's Correlation of Physical Forces; JH is still uncertain about the nature of heat.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1862?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.138, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

Undated letter of four pages over 1 folio.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
RT Lewis
Date:
c.1862
Source of text:
MM/9/20, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
William Watkiss Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862?]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.2.12 verso; Reel 10
Summary:

Brings coincidence to JH's attention. Believes WL's essay was 'worthy of a better fate.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Arthur Pepys Whately
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
pp. 389-90, Life and Work
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Édouard Brown-Séquard
Date:
2 Jan [1862]
Source of text:
Royal College of Physicians of London (MS-BROWC/981/96)
Summary:

Pleased to hear through Miss Pennington that CEB-S intends to review Origin in a French journal. Suggests 3d ed. as this will soon appear in French translation. Does not expect perfect agreement on so complex a subject as descent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project