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Herschel14402

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0521.18; Reel 1093
Summary:

R.S.L. committee for distribution of star catalogs should notify H. C. Schumacher of its work. Ordered additional copies to meet requests by foreign corresponding members. Deciding whom to include on distribution list. Concern by Treasury that distribution not be done for profit. Encloses letter from F. G. W. Struve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2337

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.208
Summary:

Further discusses the translation of [Alexander von] Humboldt's Cosmos [see RS:HS 15.207].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7618

From:
George Bancroft
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.134; Reel 9
Summary:

Devotes all leisure time to reading JH's gift copy of JH's Cape Results. Reports distribution of twenty copies to America.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7589

From:
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.106; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1125

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Beete Jukes
Date:
8 Oct [1847]
Source of text:
University of Oklahoma Libraries History of Science Collections
Summary:

Flattered by JBJ’s discussion of coral reefs [in Voyage of H.M.S. "Fly" 1 (1847): 347–8]. CD has always thought his Coral reefs "too bold and speculative", so he is gratified "when anyone who has had opportunities of observation does not give his verdict against it".

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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