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Herschel2720

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1842-2?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.296
Summary:

[Hussey] Vivian supports E.S.'s efforts regarding a magnetic survey of North America. Has examined magnetic measurements made at Boston and Toronto.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000662

From:
Humphrey Lloyd
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
1 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/169, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

DCP-LETT-617

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Forbes Royle
Date:
[2 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
Summary:

Asks JFR to support E. A. Darwin’s election to the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel1874

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
[2 February 1842]
Source of text:
WT 67597.2
Summary:

Declines to review WC's recent work, and then JH justifies his position for the rest of the letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-617F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Boott
Date:
[3 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
Christie’s (dealers) (13 December 2006, lot 34)
Summary:

"My Dear Sir, I have called on you, to solicit your vote & interest at the Athenaeum Club […] in favour of my brother, Erasmus Darwin".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8772

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Lindley
Date:
[3 February 1842]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Summary:

Asks about partially white leaves and about droplets of water forming at the tops of leaves. Has been studying the effects of spectral rays on vegetable colorings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11322

From:
John Lindley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.227
Summary:

Not much is known about the circumstances that affect the color of plants. JH's researches will be valuable if they throw any light on the subject. Comments on the various theories affecting the color of plants.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-617G

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
[4 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri
Summary:

Informs Owen of the fossil finds of F. J. Muñiz in south America.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10417

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Henderson
Date:
[4 February 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.298 & 22.112
Summary:

Congratulates him on his discovery of the parallax of Alpha Centauri. Comments on this and makes suggestions for further examination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4437

From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
6 February [1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.217
Summary:

Thanks JH for reporting on C. P. Smyth's progress. Has read JH's translations of Schiller's The Walk. Sends copy of C. P. Smyth's work at Baseline Camp Zwartland on the remeasurement of N. L. Lacaille's meridian of arc.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3076

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.241
Summary:

Thanks for letter of 3 December and for encouragement. Informs JH that 30 observatories participated in observation of winter solstice. Is beginning to study humans in their different relations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-618

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Thomas De la Beche
Date:
7 Feb 1842
Source of text:
National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences (De la Beche)
Summary:

Asks De la Beche about variation among domesticated animals in Jamaica.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-000663

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
8 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/170, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000664

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Physical Committee
Date:
9 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/171, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel3770

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1842]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0587.2.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Is confident that by summer his sweeps will all be reduced and arranged in three catalogs for JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001793

From:
Samuel Hunter Christie, the Royal Society, Somerset Place
To:
Honorable East India Company
Date:
11 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/25/13, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel10418

From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.299
Summary:

Thanks for letter and printed address and for the favorable notice of his investigations into Alpha Centauri. Comments on these and some of his observations on other stars. Encloses a note of the position of seven circumpolar stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000471

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
12 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/9/51, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel3282

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[13 February 1842]
Source of text:
EUL:Gen523/4/28
Summary:

On RM's stepping down as president of Geological Society. Where exactly abroad will RM pursue enquiries?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8701

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas I. M. Forster
Date:
[13 February 1842]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Summary:

Has been ill for two months. Will be visited by Dr. Andrew Smith shortly. Hopes TF can come to Collingwood to meet Smith.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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