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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[1 May 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 89
Summary:

Delighted that Brongniart thinks Sigillaria aquatic, and that E. W. Binney thinks coal is a sort of submarine peat. Thinks coal-plants will prove to be aquatic, though JDH will sneer at this.

Has acquired a new microscope.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1847-5]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0531; Reel 1093
Summary:

Arranges concurrent meetings of Standards Committee and Visitation [to Greenwich observatory]. Possible explanation for notations in [Thomas Henderson's] 'tables at June 11.' Please review and edit 'Preface to Lalande.' Will write to [Elizabeth] Baily.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John S. Forbes
Date:
1847-[5]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.322 (C: RS:HS 22.315)
Summary:

Comments on the paper he has sent him. Finds it difficult to give an opinion as so much verification is required.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 1 May 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 277
Summary:

[Extract of letter to WJH from T. E. Cantor] on zoological distribution in the Malay Peninsula.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
William Samuel Stratford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0546.4; Reel 1093
Summary:

Asks if the recent discussion of what name, 'Leverrier' or 'Neptune,' should be used for the new planet changed JH's opinion on whether the name used in the Nautical Almanac for JH's father's planet should be 'Georgian Planet' or 'Uranus.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Dr. Groskopf
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.147
Summary:

Is searching for a Robert Georg Twaddel; asks JH whether he knows anything of him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Samuel Stratford
Date:
[4 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.101 (C: RS:HS 22.316)
Summary:

Approves naming the new planet Neptune and continued designation of JH's father's planet as Uranus. Suggests reasons and alternatives.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
W. Witte
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.431
Summary:

About the lunar model made by WW, and being considered for purchase [see JH's 1846-2-20].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adolf Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
Date:
5 May [1847]
Source of text:
Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel (Briefsammlung Viewig 346, 346a)
Summary:

Sends parcel of specimens for R. W. Bunsen.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 May 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0944; Reel 1083
Summary:

Encloses letter from W. S. Stratford at R.A.S. How RS plans to distribute works on J. J. L. Lalande and N. L. Lacaille left unfinished at death of Francis Baily.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Clark Ross
Date:
[5 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS Sa.654
Summary:

Speculates on name for JR's 'hot and cold basins' and on causes of equatorial heat and polar cold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Samuel Stratford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 May 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0546.5; Reel 1093
Summary:

Looking forward to learning JH's opinion of Richard Sheepshanks.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[6 May 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 91
Summary:

CD defends his position on submarine coal formation and coal-plants against JDH’s strong objections.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[1847-5-6 or earlier
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.63 (C: RS:HS 25.9.38)
Summary:

Has the papers by [Thomas] Henderson but they do not contain much information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[6 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.64 (C: RS:HS 25.9.39)
Summary:

On a puzzling aspect of [Thomas] Henderson's papers. One column in his tables seems to have been altered in someone else's handwriting. Wants to know the origin of these corrections, and how Henderson's tables ought to be printed. Offers several options.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.398
Summary:

Professor [H. J.] Anderson of New York wishes to be introduced to JH. Number 600 of Astronomische Nachrichten will finish the 25th volume of the journal. Wilhelm Struve will be present.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
7 May [1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0529.2; Reel 1093
Summary:

Cannot explain how Thomas Henderson arrived at special figures in N. L. Lacaille's star catalog. Will examine Lacaille's volumes tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Samuel Stratford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0546.6; Reel 1093
Summary:

Arranges a meeting the next morning with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Samuel Stratford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0546.7; Reel 1093
Summary:

Discusses the printing of J. J. L. Lalande's Catalogue of Those Stars in the Histoire céleste française....

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Samuel Stratford
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0546.8; Reel 1093
Summary:

Replies to some of the queries from JH's 1847-5-6 letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project