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From:
A.B.
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
After 1844
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
A.B.
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
After 1844
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.215
Summary:
Requests that JH write a recommendation for C. P. Smyth's nomination to the position of Astronomer Royal for Scotland.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Augusta Ada Lovelace
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 December 1844
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.213
Summary:
Is obliged for his list of James Dunlop. Has been reading JH's memoir of Francis Baily. Comments on this.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.214
Summary:
Sending the note for JH's son on how to decimalize fractions of a pound. JH's memoir has gone to press. Would like details of JH's work on the Southern stars for the Annual Report.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 39: 33–5
Summary:
Discusses microscopic examination of rock specimens taken from Pampas deposit and from Chilean tuff. Says he finds organic remains only in the tuff.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Moxon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1844]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0350.1; Reel 1087
Summary:
As secretary of Wernerian Club, CM requests information from JH on atmospheres of moon and planets.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Edward Charlesworth
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
27 December 1844
Source of text:
British Library Add. 35230: 93-97 [ALS 9 pp]
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Falconer
Date:
[Dec? 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 17
Summary:
Returns notes on mule yaks [see Natural selection, p. 438]
and sends queries on silkworms.
A bed is ready any time HF will come.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[2 Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 21
Summary:
Instructions for JDH’s trip to Down.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[4 Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 22
Summary:
Change in train times.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
6 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 114
Summary:
Asks WBC if he will examine a specimen of calcareous rock.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 35–40
Summary:
[Notes on conversations with J. D. Hooker.] Geographical distribution; diffusion and distribution of species. Island and mountain floras; means of migration (high-roads, icebergs).
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
[11 or 18] Dec 1844
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
Summary:
Thanks WBC for offer to examine specimen and for offer of slices of shells, but has no achromatic microscope.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
16 [Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 23
Summary:
Thanks for botanico-geographical remarks. CD greatly appreciates JDH’s valuable generalisations.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
20 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 70)
Summary:
Tells of his father’s ill health.
Discusses mesmerism and Harriet Martineau’s recovery. If animals could be put into a stupor, he would be convinced. Suggests WDF have some mesmeriser attempt it with cats.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
25 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
Jeffrey D. Stillwell (private collection)
Summary:
Is obliged for the account of the structure of the Pampas specimen and its difference from specimens of the modern calcareous bed of Coquimbo in Chile. If he thinks that J. S. Bowerbank can make out the nature of the specimens, they should be shown to him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
25 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 24
Summary:
Questions on JDH’s sketch comparing floras of Australia, New Zealand, and western S. America; wishes to know botanical relations between other southern islands. Botanico-geographical discussions and comments on books sent by JDH.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.170
Summary:
Sends 30 copies of JH's letters by coach. Will charge to the B.A.A.S. account.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project