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Herschel11929

From:
J[ames] G[arth] Marshall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1858-7
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.291
Summary:

It was good of JH to reply so fully to his letter. Now has a better understanding of the subject than before. Read a paper on the geology of the Lake District at the local Philosophical Society. Comments on his own theories of rock foundations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1167

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[1858-7-1 or earlier
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.28
Summary:

Invites ES and his wife [at St. Leonard's] to visit . JH is impressed with ES's ability to develop a working plan for terrestrial magnetism observations. Is prepared to write a review article [about magnetism?] if invited, but JH refuses to write such articles and offer them 'for acceptance or rejection.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2384

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 July 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.247
Summary:

Wife not well enough to visit Collingwood. ES may come next week. University of Kasan Observatory may assist British endeavors. Mr. Bolyani is very capable.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2300

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
2 July [1858]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 116)
Summary:

Baby [Charles Waring Darwin] died of scarlet fever on 28 June. "Fear has almost driven away grief."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel4850

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 July 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.237 (C: RGO 6.115.156)
Summary:

Regarding an observer for the forthcoming eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE523

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray
Date:
3 Jul 1858
Source of text:
128, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel1169

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[1858-7-3 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.27
Summary:

Has incorporated ES's suggestions into the draft report about [the University of] Kasan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2302

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
4 July 1858
Source of text:
Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (20)
Summary:

Believes that, in Dicentra, Fumaria and Corydalis, flower structures are related directly to visits from bees. Flower stigmas generally are placed in the path of bees.

Has received paper from Wallace on natural selection; has sent abstract of his notions, with Wallace’s paper, to Linnean Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2301

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
4 [July 1858]
Source of text:
Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Yale Collection of American Literature: De Forest Family Papers (YCAL MSS 582) Box 2, folder 58, item 82)
Summary:

Death in family [Charles Waring Darwin]. Illness of children forces him to leave home and interrupt work on pigeons.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2303

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
5 July [1858]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 241
Summary:

Thanks JDH for his report on the reading of the Wallace and Darwin papers at the Linnean Society [read 1 July 1858; Collected papers 2: 3–19]. Considers how to publish his work. Offers to forward a note from JDH to Wallace.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2304

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
6 July [1858]
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Pearce/Darwin Fox collection RBSC-ARC-1721-1-73)
Summary:

The crisis is abating – no further scarlet fever in the family.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1528

From:
John Douglas Cook
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/C/40; MS JT/1/TYP/1/225, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel5840

From:
Robert Brown
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 July 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.309
Summary:

Has written a book on elementary harmony and would like to send it to JH for his views on its worth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12163

From:
H. C. Marshall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 July 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.21
Summary:

Believes it may suit JH to be HM's guest at Westwood during the meeting of the B.A.A.S. at Leeds. Hopes this is possible.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7293

From:
Henry Darvill
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.472
Summary:

Sees that JH is entitled to have his name on the register of voters. Would he fill up the form and return it; then his name will be entered on the new Register.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1068

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
William Mitten
Date:
11 July 1858
Source of text:
WILLIAM MITTEN LETTERS MIT f.154, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Tyndall1531

From:
Auguste de la Rive
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
le 12 Juillet, 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/338, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1532

From:
Frances Hooker
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Monday even.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/497; MS JT/1/TYP/8/2554, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1529

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Edward William Cooke
Date:
12th July 1858
Source of text:
S1539, Jeff Weber Rare Books
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1530

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Murray
Date:
12th July 1858
Source of text:
, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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