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From:
Arthur-Auguste De La Rive
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
25 December 1845
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
John Bright
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
30 December 1845
Source of text:
Princeton University Library Special Collections John Bright Letters (C0140) AM9906
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.311
Summary:
Has just seen Lady Herschel and heard the news of his health. Urges him to come to town for treatment.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Richard Weld
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1845]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 4/9.41 verso; Reel 7
Summary:
Announces 18 Dec. meeting of Committee of Mathematics, Astronomy, and Physics.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
30 December 1845
Source of text:
UB MS NS 373
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
23 December 1845
Source of text:
MM/9/55, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Brettingham Sowerby
Date:
[1 Dec 1845]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Cannot find two specimens of S. American fossil shells.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Brettingham Sowerby
Date:
[3 Dec 1845]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:
Suggests location of lost shell specimens.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Brettingham Sowerby
Date:
[9? Dec 1845]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:
Discusses GBS’s completion of his descriptions of fossil shells for the appendix to South America.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[10 Dec 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 50
Summary:
CD’s enjoyment of JDH’s visit and "all our raging discussions".
Would like to compare insects from Kerguelen Islands with those from Tierra del Fuego.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.188
Summary:
Elected Foreign Secretary of R.S.L. Discusses a shipment of books from Russia and a shipment of releases for fellows, the public, and the R.S.L. library.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.189
Summary:
Discusses shipping charges for books sent by [Adolphe] Quetelet from Russia. Discusses position of Admiralty regarding observatories.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.190
Summary:
Wants JH to sign certificate for [Joseph] Kay. Mrs. Sabine will resume her translation of [Alexander von Humboldt's] Cosmos. Mr. Gyde has not received list of presentation copies of the B.A.A.S. catalogue.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.191
Summary:
Please notify ES of date for the council [of B. A. A. S?] to meet. Oxford is most eligible of Southampton invitations. Sir Robert [Inglis] is best candidate for president.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Friedrich Eduard Beneke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.63
Summary:
Writes in thanks for JH's kind words on several occasions about FB's ideas on psychology.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Bellas Greenough
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.17
Summary:
Has collected information about coal deposits, but GG is very troubled that the committee [coal map committee of the B.A.A.S] has not yet met and has established no procedures. Describes some of the information GG has at hand.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1845]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0631.11
Summary:
Has requested Admiralty funding for the proposed telescope [see GA's 1845-11-2]; GA does not like the mounting the telescope is to be given; has gathered, from Otto Struve, that it does not work well at Pulkowa Observatory.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1845]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0631.12
Summary:
Is returning JH's report on William Simms's object glass [see GA's 1845-10-14]; GA reiterates Otto Struve's statement about the mounting at Pulkowa Observatory [see GA's 1845-12-1].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.162 (C: RGO 6.193.233)
Summary:
Passing on information received from a O. M. Mitchel[l] of Cincinnati regarding Antares, and the surface of the sun.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.162a
Summary:
A note enclosing a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, on which JH is requested to comment.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project