From:
D. C. E. van Monckhoven
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.360
Summary:
Received his letter and comments with pleasure. Asks some questions on photographic experiments.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
13 Jan [1863]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 179
Summary:
Acquired characteristics.
Huxley’s lectures: good on induction, bad on sterility, obscure on geology.
Asa Gray on slavery.
Falconer’s partial conversion.
Alphonse de Candolle on Origin.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[13 January 1863]
Source of text:
RGO 6.200.69
Summary:
Anxious to receive final sheets of nebula catalogue from GA [see GA's 1862-11-19], as JH wants to enter the descriptions and complete the work.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1863]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.2.20; Reel 10
Summary:
Preparing classified index of observatory journals, but information will not be accurate enough to help JH. G. J. Stoney is too busy to help remeasure nebulae positions.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project