From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.59; Reel 9
Summary:
Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Marvels at scope of JH's work.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert Chambers
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Oct 1847
Source of text:
DAR 161: 131
Summary:
Supposition that glaciers made Glen Roy is a dream. Has received three letters from CD on river terraces. Reports on trip to terraces at Belleville. Comparison with Glen Roy.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Thomas Napier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.71 & 75
Summary:
One of GN's relatives, Henry Bunbury, is writing a book on the Cape and would like information on the educational system. Has advised Bunbury to write to JH. Would like a copy of the speech JH made at Cambridge in which he praised GN's government at the Cape. Comments on the present sorry state at the Cape.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[5 Oct 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 108
Summary:
Mystified by the origin of coal-plants.
Milne’s Glen Roy theory is absurd but, oddly, it has staggered CD in favour of Agassiz’s ice-lake theory.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Davies and James Prescott Joule
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.61; Reel 9
Summary:
[Form letter] Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Davies and James Prescott Joule
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.62; Reel 9
Summary:
Acknowledgement of receipt of JH's Cape Results by Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.186 (C: RGO 6.203.381)
Summary:
Regarding H. C. Schumacher and the intended distribution of J. J. F. Lalande's catalogue.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[6 or 13] Oct 1847
Source of text:
DAR 114: 105
Summary:
Difficulty of scheduling visit before JDH departs on Himalayan expedition.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Baron de Linden
Date:
[6 October 1847]
Source of text:
WT 63313.5
Summary:
Agrees to a request to forward some work to BL.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
1847-10-6 or later
Source of text:
RGO 6.203.383
Summary:
Has dealt with the problem of thanking H. C. Schumacher [see GA's 1847-10-6].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[6 October 1847]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:411
Summary:
Thanks WH for 'plan' of [asteroid] Iris. Family is happy to have WH's son (JH's son William's friend) with them for holidays. Recounts their playful and adventurous activities.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.25; Reel 9
Summary:
Delighted that JH was awarded Gold Medal by King of Holland [for Cape Results].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Radcliffe Birt
Date:
[7 October 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.126 (C: RS:HS 22.328)
Summary:
JH avoids participating in meteorological enquiry. Suggests improvements on WB's plan to establish government office to collect and publish meteorological reports from worldwide network of military stations. Has read Francis Ronalds's papers.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 October 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.83
Summary:
Observed a bright nebulous mass this evening. Gives readings for it. The comet is proceeding North. Has notified the Times.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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
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
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
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
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".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
[Heinrich Christian Schumacher]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.107; Reel 9
Summary:
Thanks JH for a copy of his Cape Results and comments on several other astronomical topics.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Addressee
- Airy, George Biddell4
- Bancroft, George2
- Baxter, William1
- Bentham, George1
- Birt, William Radcliffe1
- Bunbury, Charles James Fox1
- Clapham, Abraham1
- Darwin, C. R.1
- Darwin, Emma1
- Hamilton, William Rowan1
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia1
- Herschel, John76
- Herschel, Margaret Brodie2
- Hooker, J. D.5
- Horner, M. E.1
- Jukes, J. B.1
- Kane, Robert John2
- Knipping, Anne Elise1
- Linden, Baron de1
- Lyell, Charles1
- Lyell, M. E.1
- Quetelet, Adolphe1
- Sabine, Edward2
- Sheepshanks, Richard1
- Smyth, William Henry1
- Talbot, William Henry Fox1
- Wedgwood, Emma1
- Whitby, M. A. T.1
- [Bewley, Alexander V.]1
- FEWER