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SOMERVILLE130

From:
Ada Byron (King)
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
22 Nov 1836
Source of text:
MSBY 3 / 72, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10302

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.185
Summary:

Outlines the election of J. D. Forbes and attributes his success to JH's letter. Regarding the work of Thomas Henderson. Pity JH has to waste time doing his own reductions. Paris observations. Saw the comet in Valparaiso. Magnitude of stars compared to the moon. Hopes he liked his own recent book. Pleased the sextant is of use.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0953

From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 November 1836
Source of text:
UB MS NS 311
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-318

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[1 Nov 1836]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 33 DAR/1/1/33)
Summary:

Alerts JSH to boxes of specimens and letter of 30 Oct on the way by wagon.

Thomas Bell has expressed interest in CD’s Crustacea and reptiles.

CD’s ignorance about his botanical specimens embarrasses him.

Asks whether JSH is disappointed with Galapagos plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-319

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
6 Nov [1836]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 49)
Summary:

All his affairs are most prosperous. Has found many who will undertake description of animals; he will work at the geology. Lyell has been most friendly and kind.

CD has been proposed to the Geological Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-320

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Wilkes
Date:
[7 Nov 1836]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.6)
Summary:

Arranges to meet CW for conversation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-321

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
[9 Nov 1836]
Source of text:
DAR 154: 49
Summary:

His fossil bones are unpacked and some are great treasures. He has some geology to do: R. I. Murchison has lent him a map and asked him to look at a part of the country he has been describing.

Their only protection against having Harriet Martineau as sister-in-law is that she works Erasmus too hard.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE50

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
16 Nov 1836
Source of text:
MSB 4 / 299, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel6010

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.136
Summary:

Has received the Royal medal from the R.S.L. on JH's behalf. Shooting star phenomenon seen in France and Scotland. The Americans are preparing an expedition to the South Pole. Has constructed two pendulums.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE53

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
7 Nov 1836
Source of text:
MSB 4 / 314, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel4684

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.72 (C: RGO 6.368.608)
Summary:

Another son born. Has given lectures at Cambridge University. Remarks on routine at Royal Observatory. St. Helena Observatory closed. Printing of the Greenwich Observations. 'Northumberland' telescope not ready yet. Observations on the Greenwich zenith tube. Estimates for the Observatory. Suggests that the Observatory should be moved to a new site. Railway plan near Greenwich altered. James MacCullagh's new theory of optics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-323

From:
John Maurice Herbert
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[19 Nov 1836]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 137
Summary:

Welcomes CD; has tried to find him. May see him in Cambridge. Reminisces about CD’s musical taste and memory. Describes Charles Whitley’s wedding and wife. Mentions friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3342

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1836]
Source of text:
St. Andrews LB II, 391-4 (C: RS:HS 7.291)
Summary:

Pleased to hear JH's work is progressing. Disappointed with Dr. [John] Davy's meteorological observations at Malta. Comments on other scientific news, including recent eclipse, [Andrew] Crosse's controversial artificial crystals at Bristol B.A.A.S. meeting, JF's 1832 observations in Switzerland, and William Whewell's and William Buckland's books.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4187

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.71
Summary:

Sends Journal of the Asiatic Society. Calcutta Museum wants a hippopotamus skeleton; asks JH for leads.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11386

From:
John Augustus Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.296
Summary:

Sends meteorological observations for September. Has ceased making a charge at the observatory for the checking of chronometers. Has lost income but gained work. Comments on the effects of gravity on the balance wheel of a chronometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7424

From:
John Skirrow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 November 1836]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 7/3.25 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

Asks to borrow chain for tomorrow's survey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0948

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Percy Drummond
Date:
10 November 1836
Source of text:
RMA WO150 / 16, f.159
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0949

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Date:
11 November 1836
Source of text:
BrUL MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0950

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Millington
Date:
12 November 1836
Source of text:
CWM JMP 65 M59 I: 59
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday0952

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Solly
Date:
23 November 1836
Source of text:
KCG MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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