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DCP-LETT-1691

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Falconer
Date:
[Dec? 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 17
Summary:

Returns notes on mule yaks [see Natural selection, p. 438]

and sends queries on silkworms.

A bed is ready any time HF will come.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6929

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.213
Summary:

Is obliged for his list of James Dunlop. Has been reading JH's memoir of Francis Baily. Comments on this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1247

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-12-1844
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.11, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-796

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[2 Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 21
Summary:

Instructions for JDH’s trip to Down.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel10763

From:
Robert Hunt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.116
Summary:

Received the enclosed silver plate on which is an impression made by the moon; has he any comments. Has been experimenting with solution of bichromate of potash and sulphate of copper exposed to actinic influence. Has been giving his attention to ferrotypes recently.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-797

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[4 Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 22
Summary:

Change in train times.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel14128

From:
Charles Moxon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0350.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

As secretary of Wernerian Club, CM requests information from JH on atmospheres of moon and planets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2962

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #21
Summary:

Requests information on behalf of the Magnetic and Meteorological Committee of the B.A.A.S. Desires AQ's assessment of past achievements by 1845-3-10. Lists works to be forwarded before end of year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8637

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Dallas Bache
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
Huntington Library
Summary:

Requests AD's views on the benefits deriving from the worldwide system of magnetic and meteorological observatories. Various publications coming from these observations will be sent to AD.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8693

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99
Summary:

[Writing as an addendum to a letter on magnetic observatories circulated by Edward Sabine], JH states that various publication concerning magnetic observations will be sent to CG.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel115

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
RGO 6.675.374
Summary:

A copy of the question circular, signed by JH, sent to GA [see GA's 1844-12-17].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-797F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
6 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 114
Summary:

Asks WBC if he will examine a specimen of calcareous rock.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel2299

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.170
Summary:

Sends 30 copies of JH's letters by coach. Will charge to the B.A.A.S. account.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9670

From:
Thomas Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.20
Summary:

Querying two statements of JH in his memoir of Francis Baily. Gives details of Thomas Henderson's position at Edinburgh.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3360

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[7 December 1844]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 77
Summary:

Requests papers relative to a preface to the catalogue of [N. L.] Lacaille's stars, so that the catalogue may be printed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-798

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 35–40
Summary:

[Notes on conversations with J. D. Hooker.] Geographical distribution; diffusion and distribution of species. Island and mountain floras; means of migration (high-roads, icebergs).

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-753

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
[11 or 18] Dec 1844
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
Summary:

Thanks WBC for offer to examine specimen and for offer of slices of shells, but has no achromatic microscope.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14384

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0520.16; Reel 1093
Summary:

Sent out copies of JH's remarks on Toronto actinometer. Expects that observations recommended by JH will be made next summer. Replacement for J. H. Kay's broken actinometer will arrive [in Tasmania] next June. Possible remedies to declination readings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-799

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 29–31
Summary:

Thanks for pleasant stay at Down.

Remarks on boulders found on southern islands.

Describes the alpine character of the Andes flora and relays information on other mountain floras.

Quotes instances of seeds that retained their vitality after being carried by ocean currents.

Sends notes on the comparative floras of New Zealand, Australia, and west coast of South America.

Encloses a copy of part of a letter from George Gardner in Ceylon concerning the European character of the mountain flora.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-800

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
16 [Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 23
Summary:

Thanks for botanico-geographical remarks. CD greatly appreciates JDH’s valuable generalisations.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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