From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
3 Feb 1835
Source of text:
CELE 3 / 80, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.146
Summary:
Returns Mary Herschel's repaired concertina. Sends CW's recent paper on velocity of electricity [R.S.P.T. 124 (1834)]. Electrical experiments CW is planning. Appointed professor of experimental philosophy at King's College.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 June 1835
Source of text:
RS MS MM 6.4
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Chauvin de Bouhelier
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
31 décembre 1835
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 311, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Richard Henry Corfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 & 27 June 1835
Source of text:
DAR 204: 130
Summary:
Greatly enjoyed CD’s company; has worried about his health. Adds some European and English news.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Henry Corfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 & 18 July 1835
Source of text:
DAR 204: 131
Summary:
Passes on news from England and some Shrewsbury papers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
D.A. de Scherer
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 July 1835
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
John Dalton
To:
unknown
Date:
14 July 1835
Source of text:
MM/1/9, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
John Dalton
To:
Major Emmet
Date:
15 December 1835
Source of text:
MM/1/10, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[7–11] Mar 1835
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 47)
Summary:
Congratulates WDF on his marriage,
reminisces about Cambridge and early entomology. Now neglects entomology for geology.
Describes Concepción after earthquake.
Hopes to cross Cordilleras before they leave South America in September.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
10–13 Mar 1835
Source of text:
DAR 223: 26
Summary:
Definite plans now to leave Valparaiso 1 June and to arrive in Sydney in January; then Cape of Good Hope and home in September 1836.
Describes Concepción after earthquake.
Will cross the Cordilleras. Hopes snow will hold off.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[10]–13 Mar 1835
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 25 DAR/1/1/25)
Summary:
The termination of the voyage has been decided – September 1836.
The earthquake of Concepción.
His geological observations (since November). Can now prove both sides of the Andes have recently risen to considerable heights.
Zoological collection.
Plans to cross the Cordilleras.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
18 Apr 1835
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 26 DAR/1/1/26)
Summary:
Has just returned from crossing the Cordilleras. Geological observations of formations representing great epochs of violence which broke up the earth’s crust. Shells at over 12000 feet. Silicified trees in sandstone formations at great heights. Red snow and viviparous lizards. Botanical specimens.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
23 Apr 1835
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:
His trip across the Andes and back was his most successful excursion: can clearly demonstate that the western part of the double line of mountains is much older, with fossil shells at 12000ft; the eastern line may be as modern as the Patagonian plains. If proved, this is an important fact in the theory of the formation of the world. Has found petrified trees.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:
31 May [1835]
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:
Slow and tedious trip through miserable country, but geology prospers, and CD will have a good general idea of the structure of Chile by the time he leaves the country. Will send a last large cargo of specimens to Henslow.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
[19] July – [12 Aug] 1835
Source of text:
DAR 223: 29
Summary:
Describes his trip from Coquimbo to Copiapò, where he rejoined the Beagle – a hard and wearisome journey, but geologically interesting.
FitzRoy piloted the [Blonde] to rescue crew of wrecked Challenger.
CD has received letters that were missing, and others; for ten months there will be none to or from him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[9–12 Aug] 1835
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 47a)
Summary:
Expresses envy for WDF’s life as a clergyman.
Outlines homeward voyage; tells of his hope of seeing active volcanoes and Tertiary strata in Galapagos. Recommends geology to Fox. Discusses Lyell’s views; CD has become "a zealous disciple".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
12 [Aug] 1835
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 27 DAR/1/1/27)
Summary:
Looks forward to seeing volcanoes in Galapagos Islands.
Has altered his views on Cordillera formations as a result of another trip. Discusses his theory of their origin and history.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Stephen Fox
Date:
15 Aug 1835
Source of text:
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (MS. Eng. lett. c. 235, fol. 28)
Summary:
Sends some geological specimens. Describes his recent trips and findings on the geology of the Andes. Asks if HSF has seen large beds of shells on elevated land – possibly at Rio Grande or S. Brazil.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alexander Burns Usborne
Date:
[c. 1–5 Sept 1835]
Source of text:
DAR 207: 14
Summary:
Memorandum of geological instructions to guide ABU during a voyage of [Constitucion] to survey the coast of Peru.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
