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Herschel6695

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.12
Summary:

As JH is interested in colors he sends him details of the color changes that the genus Ibla undergoes. Will send him a specimen if desired.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6696

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 June 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.13
Summary:

Encloses samples of the Ibla. Outlines the method of making it change color. Hopes he will not have to re-write his geological chapter for the Admiralty Manual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-48-05-22

From:
Charles Stuart
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
22 May 1848
Source of text:
RB MSS M36, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.For a published precis of this letter see Daley (1935) pp. 106-7
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-48-07-24

From:
Charles Stuart
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
24 July 1848
Source of text:
RB MSS M36, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.For a published precis of this letter see Daley (1935) pp. 107-8
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel7952

From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.153
Summary:

Seriously ill. Will forward manuscripts to JH by next week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7953

From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.154
Summary:

R.S.L. Physical Committee considering giving Copley medal to W. E. Weber for work in electromagnetism. Does JH concur? Other candidates are F. E. Neumann or A.L. Cauchy in physical optics, and Michael Faraday on condensation of gases. Rumford medal was awarded to H. V. Regnault for work on steam engine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12378

From:
Charles William Pasley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 July 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.235
Summary:

Thanks for the letter concerning William Mann; has no doubt now he will be appointed to Madras. Met Lady Herschel and Miss Herschel at Guthries. Is going to Burnsall or Hurst Green to see a mine exploded by CP's son. Wonders if JH would like to come and witness the explosion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12379

From:
Charles William Pasley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 July 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.236
Summary:

Does not think JH will be interested in the exploding of the mine by CP's son. Gives details of the arrangements.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7599

From:
Christian August Friedrich Peters
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 October 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.116; Reel 9
Summary:

Thanks for the gift of a copy of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7595

From:
Christian C. J. Bunsen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 May 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.112; Reel 9
Summary:

Relays gratitude of king of Prussia and royal librarians for copies of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday2109

From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c. October 1848
Source of text:
UB MS NS 387
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-000478

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
8 May 1848
Source of text:
MM/9/58, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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WCP7080

From:
João Augusto Correio
To:
José Antonio Correio Seixus
Date:
[September] [1848]
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (1853). In: A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, With an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley . London: Reeve & Co. [pp. 58-59]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-333

From:
Joseph George Cumming
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
10 May 1848
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 103
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel4982

From:
D. François J. Arago
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 April 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.365
Summary:

Has received the Cape of Good Hope observations. Regarding work on the Board of Longitude. Has received the portrait of William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1045

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Scott Bowerbank
Date:
[Jan–Aug 1848]
Source of text:
John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection)
Summary:

Thanks him for Balanus specimens. Comments on his findings. A large Acasta in the wet state would be valuable. Asks JSB to mention his work to J. T. Quekett at the College of Surgeons.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13869

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Date:
[1848–51]
Source of text:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division (George P. Merrill collection, box 4, file H)
Summary:

Testimonial recommending B. Waterhouse Hawkins [for a teaching post].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1141

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Brodie Innes
Date:
[1848?]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Suggests various remedies for toothache.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1143

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Warde Norman
Date:
[1848]
Source of text:
DAR 147: 189
Summary:

Seeks excuse from jury duty on grounds of ill health.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1148

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Smith of Jordanhill
Date:
28 Jan [1848]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

CD asks if he may have the use of the cirripedes JS collected in Portugal. He will need to break up or make a section of at least one of each species.

Expresses admiration for JS’s paper on Malta ["On recent depressions in the land", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1847): 234–40], with its striking demonstration of the change of level between land and water there discovered.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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