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DCP-LETT-4355

From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
8 Dec [1863]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 142)
Summary:

Thanks WDF for his letter [on steel traps].

Gives a better report of CD’s health since he gave up water-cure.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6353

From:
Emma Buckle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
8 December [1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.117
Summary:

With his permission she hopes to send his letter with the memorial to the Treasury. Will let him know the outcome.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4356

From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast
Date:
12 Dec [1863]
Source of text:
Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Haast family papers, MS-Papers-0037-051-3)
Summary:

CD too unwell to answer JvH’s letter.

He was interested in the "marvellous ground parrot"

and the report on "naturalisation of animals in New Zealand".

Honoured by election to the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6796

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.113
Summary:

Is obliged for the perusal of Warren de La Rue's paper. Further comments on James Nasmyth's 'Willow leaves.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4529

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.84
Summary:

Describes debate at R.A.S. over the nature of the 'willow leaves.' Different parties argue that the 'leaves' are solid, precipitate, or non-luminous gas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6628

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[15 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.25
Summary:

About a great meteor seen earlier in the year; JH is slowly translating Homer's Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8350

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Hodgson
Date:
[15 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 152 (C: RS:HS 24.24)
Summary:

Presents eight-volume copy of William Herschel's 'Sweep,' transcribed by late Caroline Herschel. Reviews her career.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1706

From:
George Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.192 & 16.193
Summary:

Asks JH to review paper on Aristotle's physics by George Henry Lewes, whose letter to GS is enclosed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4572

From:
John Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.331
Summary:

Is sending JH copies of recent book [JT's The Great Pyramid].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall2052

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Maurice Holzmann
Date:
16th December 1863
Source of text:
MS JT/1/2/11, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall2051

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Ginty
Date:
16th. December 1863
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/11/3643, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-4352

From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
[before 17 Dec 1863]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 128–129)
Summary:

CD too ill to write.

Asks that a presentation copy of Origin be sent off.

He has authorised an Italian translation of Origin.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4358

From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Alphonse de Candolle
Date:
17 Dec [1863]
Source of text:
Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection)
Summary:

CD sends thanks for pamphlet.

He has been very unwell for three months; it will be long before he can apply himself to his usual pursuits.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4357

From:
John Brodie Innes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Dec [1863]
Source of text:
DAR 167: 13
Summary:

Suggests a new school for CD’s son [Horace].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3397

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[John Taylor]
Date:
[17 December 1863]
Source of text:
St. John's College, Cambridge
Summary:

Discusses JT's 'Battle of the Standards,' especially JH's letters against adoption of metric system and another lecture JH encloses. Comments on error in JT's frontispiece on the great pyramid.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5738

From:
Edward William Brayley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.227
Summary:

Gassiot has just informed him of his experiments on the sun's light. Importance of this in relation to present theories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall2054

From:
Eleanor Percy
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Dec. 21st 1863
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13c/1263, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall2053

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Murray
Date:
Tuesday
Source of text:
John Murray Archive, Ms. 41214, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel6797

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.114
Summary:

Is sorry he has caused so much trouble with his 'Solar views.' Sends a recent paper he has written on the subject. Is appealing to James Nasmyth. Encloses sketch of an ear-shaped disc.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13552

From:
Henry Enfield Roscoe and Joseph Baxendell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/MW-0246.3; Reel 15
Summary:

[Printed notice] Literary and Philosophical Society will meet on 29 Dec.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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