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Herschel11279

From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 September 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.182
Summary:

James Glaisher has made two more balloon ascents and reached six miles high. W. R. Birt has been observing at Hartwell during the present lunation and discovered several new spots, a sea, and craters. Sends details. Is sending a petition to H. J. Temple (3rd Viscount Palmerston) for a pension for Birt and would be glad if JH would look it over and sign it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1928

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Julius Haast
Date:
17th Septr. 1862
Source of text:
MS-Papers Turnbull 0037-143, Alexander Turnbull Library
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-3709

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Daniel Oliver
Date:
[17 Sept 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 261.10: 36 (EH 88206019)
Summary:

Performed a large number of Lythrum crosses before leaving home.

Working on Drosera for amusement. Has tried effect on plants of vegetable substances active on animal nervous systems, e.g., opium; makes Drosera inactive for hours.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3728

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Sept [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 59
Summary:

Strongly recommends Condy’s "Ozonised Disinfectant" as a cure for scarlet fever.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8938

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
The London Review
Date:
[17 September 1862]
Source of text:
London Review, 5 (Sept. 20, 1862), 264
Summary:

Congratulations on the balloon ascent to 30,000 feet by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell. Suggests far greater heights are possible using compressed oxygen to breathe and the 'Peruvian coca leaf' [cocaine] as a source of strength.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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