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Herschel7079

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.308
Summary:

Congratulations and best wishes for JH's daughter recently married. If he has any material for the annual report, please send it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2461

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1 February [1858?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.315
Summary:

Sends section X and earlier paper on Kew and Nertschinsk disturbances, which supply key to theory of magnetic disturbances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel726

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[John Herschel (son)]
Date:
1858-2
Source of text:
JHS 1.122
Summary:

Louisa and her husband have arrived safely at Rome. JH poked his right eye with a stick, so now it is red.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7080

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[2 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.221
Summary:

Questions the exact beginning of the year 1857, and offers 'Old King Cole' in Latin.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2210

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
4 [Feb 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 219
Summary:

Returns books by Candolle and Robert Brown.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel14224

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.22; Reel 1093
Summary:

Forwards copy of the resolution of the General Committee of the B.A.A.S. concerning the continuation of study of magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14225

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February] 1858
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.23; Reel 1093
Summary:

Humphrey Lloyd, Thomas Robinson, and Edward Sabine will form a committee to continue studying magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9195

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-5071
Summary:

Approves G. B. Airy's suggestion concerning magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7099

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[1858-2-6 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.219
Summary:

Still worrying about where does the day begin?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12958

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[6 February 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0370; Reel 1054
Summary:

[Extract] Learned that JH was appointed by R.S.L. to committee to cooperate with B.A.A.S. to promote continuance of terrestrial magnetism survey. Asks ES to send committee summary of results already obtained and ES's opinion of how best to conduct future observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2380

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[6 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23:222
Summary:

JH's improved health would allow him, if asked, to chair the Chemical Section at the B.A.A.S meeting. Notes that JH, G. B. Airy, William Whewell, and George Peacock have been appointed to a committee to cooperate with the B.A.A.S. committee dealing with the continuation of terrestrial magnetism observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1489

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Feb. 6th 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/239, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel9497

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
6 February [1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.242
Summary:

Dined yesterday in company with David Livingstone who would like to visit JH at Collingwood. Has been much impressed with Livingstone.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7081

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.309
Summary:

Queries on what meridian the year began. Returned a book to the R.S.L., which had been away for many years. Believes the R.S.L. Library was expurgated between 1734 and 1740.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2211

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Date:
7 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.150)
Summary:

Thanks GHKT for letter on plant acclimatisation and variation among alpine and lowland forms in Ceylon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1490

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hist
Date:
8th. February 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/642; MS JT/1/HTYP/508-9, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-2212

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
9 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 223
Summary:

Six volumes of Candolle’s Prodromus confirm rule that small genera vary less than large. Labiatae an exception to rule.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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JHC1056

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
William Mitten
Date:
9?-2-1858
Source of text:
WILLIAM MITTEN LETTERS MIT f.144-144a, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-2213

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Feb 1858
Source of text:
DAR 181: 22
Summary:

Bees’ cells. Observations on Osmia atricapilla.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7082

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.310
Summary:

Further regarding the meridian on which the year began and various times throughout the world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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