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DCP-LETT-421F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin; William Buckland; Adam Sedgwick; John Phillips; William Whewell; Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st baronet; Charles Lyell, 1st baronet; Charles Stokes; William John Hamilton; Edward Stanley; Richard Owen; William Clift; Charles Babbage; John Bostock; Peter Mark Roget; John Taylor; Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2d Marquess of Northampton; William John Broderip
To:
Thomas Spring Rice
Date:
[before 7 July 1838]
Source of text:
House of Commons papers; accounts and papers, 1837/38, XXXVI, 307
Summary:

Express their concern that the offer for sale to the British Museum, by G. A. Mantell and Thomas Hawkins, of two valuable collections, has been declined.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-31

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
9 June 1826
Source of text:
Trinity College Cambridge Whewell Add.Ms.a.206: 79a
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-181

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
11 August 1831
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 221
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-962

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
30 July 1832
Source of text:
Science Museum MS 1100
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-504

From:
William Whewell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Apr 1839
Source of text:
DAR 204: 175
Summary:

Sends a book [his translation of Goethe’s Hermann u. Dorothea] as a wedding gift.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-329

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
14 August 1847
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 351
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1137

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 February 1849
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society Library The Scientists Collection I 509.L56
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-336

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
2 March 1849
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 352
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-337

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
19 March 1849
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 353
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-355

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 November 1850
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 354
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-371

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
22 April 1853
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 356
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-377

From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 November 1853
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 355
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2634

From:
William Whewell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Jan 1860
Source of text:
DAR 98 (ser. 2): 19
Summary:

Thanks CD for the Origin. WW is not yet a convert but there is so much "of thought and of fact" in what CD has written that "it is not to be contradicted without careful selection of the ground and manner of the dissent".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-001514

From:
William Whewell
To:
Rev J S Howson
Date:
20 March 1862
Source of text:
MM/19/122, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel9035

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1817]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.158
Summary:

Discusses university politics. Misses JH. Impressed by [Edward] Bromhead's mathematical abilities. Is considering translating a book by S. F. Lacroix. George Peacock's Tripos examination questions have caused controversy. Believes Peacock should have stressed applied over pure mathematics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9038

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1818]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.159
Summary:

Informs JH of the place of Simon Stevin in the history of the idea of a parallelogram of forces. Has heard that JH is investigating polarized rays.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9040

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1818]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.160
Summary:

Expresses thanks for and comments on JH's account of JH's optical experiments. Discusses efforts to improve mathematical education at Cambridge, including WW's book on mechanics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9043

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.161
Summary:

Urges JH to come to Brighton and then to return with him to Cambridge; stresses that both he and Richard Jones are anxious to talk with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9044

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 October 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.162
Summary:

Discusses regions of the Alps and sends sketch of Monte Rosa. Informs JH of a brilliant student, G. B. Airy, who is constructing a calculating machine. Condolences on the death of William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9047

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.163
Summary:

Presents a system WW has devised for designating the faces of crystals. Asks JH whether it would be suitable for presentation to the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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