From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. June 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 46.2: B3–5
Summary:
Notes on Galapagos Coleoptera.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. June 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 17
Summary:
Is about to send his paper on Galapagos beetles to press. Has written some introductory material on which he invites CD’s comments.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. June 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 18
Summary:
Discusses his paper on CD’s Galapagos beetles ["Coleopterous insects … in the Galapagos Islands", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 16 (1845): 19–41] which he will forward when printed. Has drawn up descriptions of several other insects from CD’s collections.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Spring-Rice
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1845?-6?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.480
Summary:
Happy JH is back safely from Cambridge. Thanks JH for letter brought by [Adam] Sedgwick. Desires an account of JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1845]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0521.17; Reel 1093
Summary:
Suggests time and place for [committee] meeting. Good report from observatory in British Guiana. Problems in establishing observatories in colonies. Changes occurring at Toronto. Time is not right to propose turning observatories over to colonial governments.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James A. Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.178
Summary:
The paper for the prize essay has been withdrawn. Tring Agricultural Association has published the results of Mr. Forster's experiments, which so far have been very successful. Was grateful for his poetry. Has been ill as well as JH. Hopes he is improving.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[2 June 1845]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20761 (C: RS:HS 22.237)
Summary:
Informs WW when JH and wife will arrive at Trinity Lodge for B.A.A.S. meeting, before which JH proposes a meeting of the magnetic committee.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[4 June 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 34
Summary:
JDH’s books have arrived safely.
Is sending him corrected MS of first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.].
Lyells have just visited.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Humphrey Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1845]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0336; Reel 1087
Summary:
Proposed date for B.A.A.S. meeting creates difficulty for HL. Assurance that no one other than JH could have provided such vital leadership for global magnetic survey. Doubts that [James] McCullagh could serve committee well; suggests [J. D.] Forbes instead.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
[4 June 1845]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f.26)
Summary:
Obliged to JM for acceding to request for an additional £50 [for Journal of researches, 2d ed.]. Will reconsider title when type is set up. Gives up the map. Writes about other details of publication.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Jean Plana
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
5 Jun 1845
Source of text:
MSP 4 / 264, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[5 June 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.238
Summary:
Further to arrangements about meeting [see JH's 1845-5-30].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[5 June 1845]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20760 (C: RS:HS 22.239)
Summary:
Urges WW either to be present for a meeting in preparation for the Magnetic Congress or to send written recommendations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Joseph Lowe
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.312
Summary:
Received yesterday a letter from G. B. Airy informing him that JH also observed the meteor of 24 April; sends an account of it. Would also like JH's account to compare the two. Is obliged to JH for trying to get his printed paper filled.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
[6 June 1845]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 29–30)
Summary:
Has sent off MS of first part [of Journal of researches, 2d ed.]. Has so much to add about Fuegians [at beginning of second part] and so much to condense and rewrite in scientific part that he may not have second part ready at end of month; it depends on his health, which is good lately.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.68
Summary:
Sending the first volume of Kosmos. Queries regarding the Magellanic Clouds.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Jackson Hooker
Date:
8 June 1845
Source of text:
JDH/2/8 f.40, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[9 June 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.240
Summary:
Comments on MF's experimental results when an electromagnetic field affects polarized light.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir William J. Hooker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.451
Summary:
Has received the enclosed from James Graham and would be pleased if W. R. Dawes would choose an instrument.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
10 June [1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.219
Summary:
Mentions how helpful JH's name would be on a memorial for C. P. Smyth. C. P. Smyth working on zodiacal light observations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project