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From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
27 January 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/165, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
27 January 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/164, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[27 January 1842]
Source of text:
RS MC.3.204
Summary:

Clarifies role and methods of R.S.L. Council and scientific committees, suggesting that members of Physical Committee need to be better informed about its activities.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
unknown
Date:
28 January 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/166, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
28 January 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/167, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[28 January 1842]
Source of text:
RS MM 11.166
Summary:

Agrees with suggestions made by ES concerning the publication of meteorological observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29] January 1842
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.375
Summary:

Should request Mr. Wildes to wait until JH gives his orders. Is gratified by JH's suggestions, but will not regret being passed over. Did not find Lady Herschel's letter at once for various business reasons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
J W Lubbock
Date:
31 January 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/168, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
31 Jan [1842]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/7/25)
Summary:

Hopes to meet with museum committee after 11 o’clock next day.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.297
Summary:

Has received a series of observations from Thomas Maclear on Alpha1 and Alpha2 Centauri. Comments on these observations and gives results made by the old circle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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