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Herschel12344

From:
Abraham Follett Osler
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.201
Summary:

Sending copy of a resolution passed by the Birmingham Philosophical Society and requesting JH to let his name be included as an honorary member.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3059

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.214
Summary:

Sends latest publications. Has received highly surprizing letter on meteors by Mr. Wood. Discusses 'famous apparitions.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3057

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 November 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.212
Summary:

Has received JH's letter of 29 October. No need to thank for meteorological observations. Done in interest of science. Sends measurements of December 1837 and other bulletins. Asks JH to send his extra copy of AQ's Correspondence mathématique of July 1838 to [J. D.] Robertson. Asks more about satellites of Saturn. Thanks for information on meteors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3058

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.213
Summary:

Discusses observation of meteors. Sends observations of last solstice and details of that night's constellations. Offers results of observations of occultation of Gamma[?] Tauri[?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10856

From:
Albert Hopkins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.207
Summary:

Sending an address delivered at the opening of the Observatory at Williams College. Comments on the building and gives ideas for forthcoming work. Would be happy to communicate news to the new Meteorological Association formed in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE78

From:
Alex Young
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
3 May 1838
Source of text:
MSB 12 / 386, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel5458

From:
Alexander Bridport Becher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.360
Summary:

Sending papers from Francis Beaufort on hurricanes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10707

From:
Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.64
Summary:

Calling his attention to the works of J. C. Poggendorf and Guillaume Weber. Does he know of the ingenious work carried out at the Cape by C. F. Gauss and Weber?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE212

From:
Alfred Baring Garrod
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
8 May 1838
Source of text:
MSG 1 / 247, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel6579

From:
Alphonse Candolle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.321
Summary:

Thanks for his long letter on the climate and vegetation of the Cape. Congratulations on the success of his mission.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1692

From:
Andrew Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 July 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.178
Summary:

Note accompanying one of AS's publications on South African zoology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4589

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.14
Summary:

Sends JH a letter from Lord Glenelg [concerning his position as Lieutenant Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5043

From:
Augustus Frederick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 August 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.422
Summary:

Stating his reasons for his resignation from the presidency of the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-415B

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 May [1838]
Source of text:
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Archive (Letter Book no. 8, p. 190)
Summary:

Has been commanded to supply CD with a copy of the plan of Ascension Island to be engraved for the natural history of the Beagle’s voyage. Suggests that a lithographer be sent to the [Hydrographic] office to take a transfer proof.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-452

From:
Thomas Bell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[5 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 163
Summary:

Sends congratulations on CD’s forthcoming marriage.

Has received some of the reptiles back from G. Bibron, who has named them. TB will get "some subjects in readiness for figuring" by CD’s date.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-000875

From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Royal Mint
Date:
1 August 1838
Source of text:
MM/14/140, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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HENSLOW-670

From:
W. Brougham
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
10 November 1838
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 43
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-404

From:
William Buckland
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
9 Mar 1838
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/47)
Summary:

Recommends CD’s paper on "Formation of mould" [Collected papers 1: 49–53; read 1 Nov 1837] be printed in Transactions. Praises it as establishing a new "geological power".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8981

From:
C. Munby
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1838]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.6
Summary:

Writing on behalf of Lord Glenelg, invites JH to visit Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office to present JH's views on education at the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4039

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1838]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Grateful to be made an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy. Wants 'one or two' copies of her index to John Flamsteed's catalog of omitted stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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