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SOMERVILLE601

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
William Somerville
Date:
?? Apr 1832
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 51, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

DCP-LETT-164

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
2–6 Apr 1832
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:

CD’s enjoyment of the beauty of the tropics is worth all the misery of seasickness. His mail gave him great pleasure. For two weeks he will visit a large estate in the country, and on return live at Botofogo for some weeks, collecting and learning to know the tropics.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE263

From:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
2 Apr 1832
Source of text:
MSH 4 / 321, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2234

From:
Rummohun [?] Roy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.504
Summary:

Must decline invitation to dinner due to poor health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11231

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 April 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.122
Summary:

Wonders how JH's projected volume on Astronomy is progressing. Would also like a short biography of Francis Bacon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4258

From:
Richard Potter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 April 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.181
Summary:

Discusses study of light, JH's theories on the subject, and his own photometer observations. Asks JH for further explanations of his theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10074

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.411
Summary:

JG is revising his diary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE384

From:
Mary Frances Kater
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
12 Apr 1832
Source of text:
MSK 1 / 41, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10530

From:
Thomas Hodgkin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.407
Summary:

Has received the chronometer and will return it to Lister, together with his remarks on apertures. Charles May has found another individual suffering from color blindness. A friend has successfully made a reflecting microscope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-165

From:
John Maurice Herbert
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15–17 Apr 1832
Source of text:
DAR 204: 113
Summary:

Writes news of Cambridge friends, professors, music, the Reform Bill, and cholera. Expresses belief that CD will take his place with Cuvier and Humboldt.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3970

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1832]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0577.2.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Wilhelm Struve's observations support JH's findings concerning the rapid revolution of Eta Coronae. In acknowledgement of the discovery that double stars are a 'revolving binary system,' JH changed the inscription on William Herschel's monument.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3830

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1832]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Reminds JH to send his catalog of double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5982

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.109
Summary:

Passing on the offer of assistance by Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex) for JH's projected visit to the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1041

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Potter
Date:
[22 April 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.3.6
Summary:

Responds to RP's concerns about the nature of light and the interpretation of some interference experiments. JH believes that the undulatory theory of light is the best supported by the experiments at this time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE382

From:
Henry Kater
To:
William Somerville
Date:
23 Apr 1832
Source of text:
MSK 1 / 38, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel9412

From:
Mary Ann Fallows
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.165
Summary:

Has received Sir John's letter. Gives details of the necessities for a voyage to the Cape. Conditions at the Cape, housing, food, servants, etc.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8866

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Editors of the Annales de chimie et de physique
Date:
[24 April 1832]
Source of text:
Annales de chimie, 49 (1832), 306-11
Summary:

Discusses a method of separating iron oxide from the oxides of other metals and a process for the purification of uranium oxide.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5983

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[24 April 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.110 & 21.106
Summary:

Is grateful for the offer of assistance from Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex), but would not care to avail himself of public funds as his intended visit is for his own private reasons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-166

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
25–6 Apr [1832]
Source of text:
DAR 223: 11
Summary:

His trip to the interior was full of interest, but exhausting physically. Expects to stay at least a fortnight at Botofogo, because the Beagle returns to Bahia to correct a difference in the longitude measurements. Writes of his companions, of FitzRoy, and of his journal – which he has sent home.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-167

From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26[–7] Apr [1832]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 84
Summary:

Writes chiefly of family affairs: Erasmus’ visit, further delay in Fanny Owen’s marriage, Sarah [Owen] Williams’ illness, Arthur Owen’s sad departure for India; cholera.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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