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Herschel3083

From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.248
Summary:

Deprived of news from JH. Works on physical phenomena of globe. Calls attention to [J. C. A.] Peltier's work on electricity of air of barometer. Asks JH to please write soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1778

From:
Charles Mayne Young
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
27 October 1845
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H28
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7372

From:
Charles Richard Weld
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1845]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 4/9.3 verso; Reel 7
Summary:

Committee of Physics will meet 27 Oct. to recommend foreign members and candidates for medals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1775

From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
20 October 1845
Source of text:
UB MS NS 371
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-920

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[8 Oct 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 43
Summary:

Sorry to hear JDH did not get Edinburgh chair. Invites him to Down.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-919

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
8 Oct [1845]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.46)
Summary:

Discusses American Negroes and their parasitic lice. Henry Denny’s need for lice specimens.

Discusses effects of racial crosses in man.

Describes his trip to Yorkshire.

Comments on Sedgwick’s review [of Vestiges of creation].

Mentions Humboldt’s Kosmos. Criticises Humboldt’s geology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-921

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
28 Oct [1845]
Source of text:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
Summary:

Comments on potato disease and its effects on the poor.

Describes visit to his Lincolnshire farm,

to York where he discussed hybrids with the Dean of Manchester [William Herbert],

his meeting with Charles Waterton, and his delight with Chatsworth.

Disappointed at Hooker’s failure to receive the Edinburgh chair; believes JDH will make a great botanist.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-922

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
28 Oct [1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 44
Summary:

Would like to see JDH’s testimonials.

Disappointed with Kosmos.

Has visited Dean of Manchester, who is very heterodox on species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-923

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Date:
29 Oct [1845]
Source of text:
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43)
Summary:

Sends specimens. Asks for information about specimens from Rio Gallegos.

What does CGE mean by the term "Fluthgebiete"?

French translation gives impression that Ehrenberg attributes Pampas deposit to debacle.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2306

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.177
Summary:

Discusses magnetic experimentation with regard to naval officers. [A. T.] Kupffer's report is based on proceedings at Cambridge. Discusses scientific conference and foreign governments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2307

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.178
Summary:

Will neither affirm nor deny that he is Foreign Secretary of R.S.L. Discusses importance of Foreign Secretary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2308

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.179
Summary:

Wants JH to write the communication to Sir Robert Peel regarding the science conference. Foreign members are particularly anxious that JH do this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2309

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.180
Summary:

Received JH's note saying Lord Northampton already wrote to Sir Robert Peel. Wants to explain how R.S.L. was left without a foreign secretary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2310

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.181
Summary:

Does not think JH should write Sir Robert Peel pending his reply to Lord Northampton. Preparing [John] Lefroy's Canadian Survey for publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2311

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.182
Summary:

Sends communication on meteorology in Bombay for comments. [A. T.] Kupffer's communication makes ES think large scale magnetical surveys are being planned. Discusses possibilities for such experiments in Russia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2312

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.183
Summary:

Sent Lord Northampton a statement describing the manner in which foreign communications have taken place. Returning to Woolwich. [Henry] Goulburn may see him there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2313

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.184
Summary:

Saw [Henry] Goulburn, who will ask Lord Aberdeen to notify foreign governments that the British government will continue the magnetic observatories. Hopes observatories will continue in those countries too.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1763

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1845]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0631.4 (C: RGO 6.193.211)
Summary:

Provides JH with the latest Royal Observatory values for Gamma Virginis [see JH's 1845-9-30], and advises JH to change his method of measuring double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4767

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.157 (C: RGO 6.675.521)
Summary:

Requesting JH to jog Sir Robert [Peel's?] memory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4768

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 October 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.158 (C: RGO 6.193.215)
Summary:

Thanking JH for his letter on double star orbits. Observations on angles of position of Gamma Virginis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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