From:
Hermann Kindt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.24
Summary:
Expresses thanks for the writings JH has sent him; asks for other writings by JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Reverend John Gunn
Date:
29 January 1864
Source of text:
JDH/2/22/2 f.63, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
JDH writes to inform his uncle [Reverend John Gunn] that H. Christy will send him a set of [geological] specimens from the Dordogne cave, which illustrate the strata where relics of man are found. They will be sent through Falconer. JDH wishes to show Gunn some of his Wedgwood pottery: a plaque by John Flaxman showing Achilles & Hector at Troy, a medallion of Mitten & Erasmus by Goldsmith, & one of the Prince & Princess of Wales along with 40 other portraits. In a note added under the signature he adds that Grove has told him about flint implements found in a cave at Bethlehem.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
30 January 1864
Source of text:
MM/14/194, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
F. W. A. Argelander
Date:
[30 January 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.28
Summary:
Mistaken about seeming duplicate [see JH's 1864-1-28].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
François N. M. Moigno
Date:
[30 January 1864]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.29 (Cdraft: RS:HS 25.15.20 & ACCS: TxU:H/L-0244; Reel 1054)
Summary:
FM has published, in translation, JH's article ['Weather and Weather Prophets' (1864)], already published in Good Words. JH was not aware that this was FM's intent, and JH warns him that some editors may be sensitive about such matters.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles William Crocker
Date:
31 Jan [1864]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:
Reminds CWC that he offered to give information with respect to his observations on hollyhocks. Wishes he could persuade CWC to undertake experiments on the fertility of some crosses between the most distinct varieties.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Feb [1864]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B23–4
Summary:
Tells of a declaration and a subscription list to defend the rights of Bishop Colenso.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Edward Joseph Lowe
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.339
Summary:
Encloses a paper on a hail and snow storm, which hand over to the British Meteorological Society when he has read it. Would JH request the R.S.L. Secretary to re-suspend his certificate as he understands he has a good chance of being elected this year.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Francois-Napoleon-Marie Moigno
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/103, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Feb 1864
Source of text:
DAR 178: 61
Summary:
Would like his fowl skulls back.
Breeding experiments seem to show mongrels are just as fertile as pure breeds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Sterry Hunt
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
February 1, 1864
Source of text:
27 (1864), pp. 236-7, Phil. Mag.
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
François N. M. Moigno
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1864}-2-2
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.357
Summary:
Regarding JH's article in Good Words.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Christopher Carrington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1864]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 13/2.3; Reel 10
Summary:
Copy of RC's book will be sent to JH from R.S.L. Thanks JH's son for letter.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
2 Feb [1864]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:
Returns WBT’s box of skulls. One or two skulls may be elsewhere, but CD does not have the strength to search for them.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1864 February 3
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/38; MS JT/1/TYP/1/28, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Gustav Kirchhoff
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
3ten Febr. 1864
Source of text:
MS JT/1/K/9, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
George Alexander Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0227; Reel 1087
Summary:
Committee to reexamine Parliamentary standards of length and measure will meet on 11 Feb. in office of comptroller-general of Exchequer [Thomas Spring-Rice]. If committee desires to compare three copies of Standards, those copies will be brought to Exchequer office.]
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.54
Summary:
Discusses printing of JH's catalogue of nebulae.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.55
Summary:
Sends R.S.L. Council's formal acknowledgement of star catalogue manuscript [see JH's 1863-12-4].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John C. Broun
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.110
Summary:
Further regarding the lectureship at the Cape of Good Hope.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project