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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

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

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

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

Herschel2086

From:
Charles Richardson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.335
Summary:

Long discussion of the sounds and etymologies of various words. [Probably in reference to the dictionary CR was preparing; see RS:HS 14.333].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1126

From:
Charles Turner
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
18 December 1838
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.33
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-000720

From:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
To:
Lord Northampton
Date:
1 December 1838
Source of text:
MM/12/37, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000721

From:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
To:
J W Lubbock
Date:
6 December 1838
Source of text:
MM/12/38, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

DCP-LETT-451

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Robert Gray
Date:
[4 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 December 1976)
Summary:

Sends GRG a few pages of proofs [of Birds]. Asks him to make any observations that might occur to him and to check passages in French and Latin.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-454

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Robert Gray
Date:
[6 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
Leiden University Libraries (BPL 885 / Darwin s.a)
Summary:

Sends proofs [of Birds, no. 2]. Asks GRG to check Latin accents.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-453

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Beete Jukes
Date:
6 Dec 1838
Source of text:
University of Oklahoma Libraries History of Science Collections
Summary:

The Geological Society cannot recommend anyone to the Government of Newfoundland, but CD advises JBJ to get a recommendation from Sedgwick.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-458

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
American Philosophical Society.
Date:
20 Dec 1838
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.13)
Summary:

As Secretary of the Geological Society of London, formally expresses his thanks for initial numbers of Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-459

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
21 [Dec 1838]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library Add 7652 IB: 175
Summary:

CD informs AS of the position of the Council of the Geological Society on recommending J. B. Jukes for a geological survey of Newfoundland. Feels Jukes’s application would have best chance of success if Sedgwick, his Professor at Cambridge, wrote a letter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-461

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Beete Jukes
Date:
25 Dec [1838]
Source of text:
University of Oklahoma Libraries History of Science Collections
Summary:

Advises JBJ on preparing himself for geological work in Newfoundland.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-463

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[29 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 8
Summary:

The house at 12 Upper Gower Street is theirs.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-466

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[31 Dec 1838 –] 1 Jan 1839
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 9
Summary:

Has moved into the Gower Street house. Is pleased with it and its location.

Hopes to be able to finish his Glen Roy paper soon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel2745

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.25
Summary:

Describes his meeting with Francis Beaufort and James Ross. Strongly urges that the Southern magnetic research begin in the spring. Speaks of efforts to have the expedition approved by the R.S.L., which is favored by the Board.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2746

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.26
Summary:

Writes of finding barometric data from some 1836 meteorological observations. Is sending two diagrams. Offers to help JH write a report for the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2747

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.27
Summary:

Encloses maps from the Magnetic Department and a paper published in 1836.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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