| 1 | Creator: | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | Most of this collection is original letters and drafts of Herschel's replies, with some miscellaneous papers other than letters. There are about 400 letters between Herschel and Charles Babbage. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1336 | | | | Extent: | 37.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Alexander von Humboldt miscellaneous correspondence, 1789-1859
| | | | Dates: | 1789-1859 | | | | Abstract: | This microfilm contains correspondence from scientists, including Friedrich Wilhelm Bissell, 1816-1846 [from Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin]; Matthew F. Maury, 1849-1859 [from National Archives, Washington, D.C.]; Paulus Usteri, 1789-1821 [from Bibliothèque Universitaire, Zurich; and Johann G. Galle, 1836-1858 [from Frau von Heinz, Schloss Tegal]. There is also correspondence from the Royal Society, London; Bibliothèque Nationale, Geneva; Göttingen University Library; British Museum; Massachusetts Historical Society; Bancroft Library of the University of California; Yale University; Henry E. Huntington Library; Library of Congress; the Alexander von Humboldt Kommission; Westdeutsche Bibliotek, Marburg; and Deutsche Staatsbibliotek, Berlin. The materials were, in general, collected by Helmut de Terra and contain correspondence with various scientists. A few items pertain to Humboldt's travels and general comments on American Indian linguistics. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.870 | | | | Extent: | 7.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 | Bissell, Friedrich Wilhelm | Blagden, Charles, Sir, 1748-1820 | Brown, Robert, 1773-1858 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Galle, Johann Gottfried, 1812-1910 | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Lieber, Oscar | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Usteri, Paulus, 1768-1831 | Young, Thomas, 1773-1829 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Mary Somerville papers, [ca. 1781-ca. 1877]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1781-1877 | | | | Abstract: | This microfilm of Somerville's papers was compiled by Elizabeth C. Patterson for her book, "Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840" (Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 1983). It includes Somerville's scientific writings, personal writings, "letters from celebrities," family papers, genealogy, and photographs. Subjects of some of her writings include astronomy, Halley's comet, effects of light, and physical geography. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1281 | | | | Extent: | 19.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Greig, Woronzow | Halley's comet. | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Light -- Physiological effect. | Lubbock, J. W., (John William), 1803-1865 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers, -- comp. | Physical geography. | Science -- Great Britain. | Smyth, W. H., (William Henry), 1788-1865 | Somerville, Martha C. | Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872 | Somerville, William, 1771-1860 | Women scientists -- Germany. | |
| 4 | Creator: | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Adolphe Quetelet correspondence, 1822-1872
| | | | Dates: | 1822-1872 | | | | Abstract: | These are letters to Quetelet primarily on the subject of astronomy (meteorological observations), including charts showing directions of shooting stars. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.11 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Brown, Samuel | Charts. | Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888 | De la Rive, Auguste A. | Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869 | Espy, James P., (James Pollard), 1785-1860 | Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 | Farr, William, 1807-1883 | Forbes, James David, 1809-1868 | Garfield, James A., (James Abram), 1831-1881 | Gauss, Charles Frederic | Gilliss, J. Melville. | Guyot, A., (Arnold), 1807-1884 | Hamilton, W. R., (William R.) | Henry, Joseph | Herrick, Edward C. | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Hough, George W. | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Kennedy, J. C. G., (Joseph Camp Griffith), 1813-1887 | Le Verrier, U.-J., (Urbain J.), 1811-1877 | Lloyd, Humphrey, 1800-1881 | Meteorological records. | Meteorology -- Observations. | Microfilm Collection | Newton, Hubert A. | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Royal Observatory, Brussels. | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Sanford, E. A. | Shattuck, Lemuel | Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875 | Whewell, William, 1794-1866 | Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887 | |
| 5 | Creator: | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871
| | | | Dates: | 1827-1871 | | | | Abstract: | Mentioned in these letters are personal affairs, experiments, Babbage's calculating machine, and his "Bridgewater Treatise," second edition. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.15 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alexander, J. H. (John Henry), 1812-1867. | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Biddle, Clement C., (Clement Cornell), 1784-1855 | Bowditch, Henry I., (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892 | Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838 | Calculators. | Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842 | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896 | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Howgate, Henry W. | Hughes, George W., (George Wurtz), 1806-1870 | Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889 | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 | Microfilm Collection | Pickering, John, 1777-1846 | Science -- Experiments. | Scientists -- Great Britain. | Sedgwick, Theodore, 1811-1859 | Silliman, Benjamin, Jr., 1816-1885 | Silliman, Benjamin, Sr., 1779-1864 | Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 | Vaughan, Daniel, ca. 1821-1879 | Vaughan, William, 1752-1850 | |
| 6 | Creator: | Rawlins, Ray,1917-,collector. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973
| | | | Dates: | 1772-1973 | | | | Abstract: | A miscellaneous collection of letters, mainly of English scientists, written to various people. There are mostly one or two letters, except for those of John Peter Gassiot, William Huggins, Edwin R. Lankester, James Mackintosh, David Prain, and William Whewell. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R199 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892 | Autographs. | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857 | Beyond Early America | Bowerbank, James Scott, 1797-1877 | Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808-1882 | Dawkins, William Boyd, 1838-1929 | Druce, George Claridge, 1850-1932 | Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 | Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925 | Foster, M., Sir, (Michael), 1836-1907 | Gassiot, John Peter, 1797-1877 | Holland, Henry, Sir | Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910 | Humphrey, George | Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907 | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir, (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Lysons, Daniel, 1762-1834 | Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832 | Milne, John, 1850-1913 | Müller, F. Max -- (Friedrich Max), -- 1823-1900. -- Science of language. | Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898 | Powell, Baden, 1796-1860 | Prain, D. , (David), b. 1857 | Rawlins, Ray,1917-,collector. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Scientists -- Great Britain. | Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 | Whewell, William, 1794-1866 | Winsor, F. A., (Frederick Albert), 1763-1830 | |
| 7 | Creator: | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A. D. Bache Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1833-1873 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterparts. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America.
The Alexander Dallas Bache Collection consists of 91 letters written primarily by Bache. In most cases, these are brief notes replying to letters that are not part of the collection. The majority of items relate to Bache's work as superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey, including letters of recommendation and introduction, and there is minor correspondence regarding the National Academy of Sciences, scientific matters, his travels in Europe, or personal matters. Of particular interest is the letter from Louis Agassiz in 1856 expressing his view of what the natural history museum of the future should be. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B123 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Antebellum Politics | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Barnes, H. B. (Henry Broughton) | Bond, W. C. (William Cranch), 1789-1859 | Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 | Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 | Cheney, T. Apoleon (Theseus Apoleon), 1830-1878 | Combe, George, 1788-1858 | Cooper Union | Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883 | Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861 | Early National Politics | Education | Fessenden, W. P. (William Pitt), 1806-1869 | General Correspondence | Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey | Geology | Girard College | Hale, Charles, 1831-1882 | Hilgard, Julius Erasmus, 1825-1891 | King, Horatio, 1811-1897 | Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897 | Lighthouses | Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 | National Academy of Sciences | Natural history | Official Government Documents and Records | Paine, [Robert Treat], 1803-1885. | Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865 | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Redfield, W. C. (William C.), 1789-1857 | Ruggles, Samuel B. , (Samuel Bulkley), 1800-1881 | Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 | Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780-1850. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Spencer, Charles Achilles, 1813-1881 | Stevenson, Alan, 1807-1865 | Stevenson, David, 1815-1886 | Stevenson, Robert, 1772-1850 | Tilghman, Tench, 1810-1874 | Toucey, Isaac, 1792-1869 | United States Coast Survey | Upsher, Able Percey | Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873 | |
| 8 | Creator: | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir Charles Lyell papers, 1806-1874
| | | | Dates: | 1806-1874 | | | | Abstract: | There is correspondence concerning geology, botany, natural history, natural selection, evolution, British science and scientists, and other scientific topics. Most of the letters are written to Lyell, but there are numerous ones from him. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L981 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Ball, John, 1818-1889 | Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892 | Beccari, Odoardo, 1843-1920 | Bentham, George, 1800-1884 | Beyond Early America | Botany. | Bunbury, Charles James Fox, Sir, 1809-1886 | Busk, George, 1807-1886 | Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 | Conybeare, William Daniel, 1787-1857 | Curtis, John, 1791-1862 | De La Beche, Henry T., (Henry Thomas), 1796-1855 | Don, George, 1798-1856 | Evolution. | Fitton, William Henry, 1780-1861 | Fleming, John, 1785-1857 | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 | Galton, Francis, Sir, 1822-1911 | Geology. | Grey-Egerton, Philip de Malpas, -- Sir, -- 1806-1881. | Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philip August | Henslow, J. S. (John Stevens), 1796-1861 | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir, 1817-1911 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 | Judd, John W., (John Wesley), 1840-1916 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Mackenzie, George Steuart, Sir, 1780-1848 | Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852 | Milne-Home, David, 1817-1911 | Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871 | Natural history. | Natural selection. | Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 | Paleontology. | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Science -- Great Britain. | Scientists -- Great Britain. | Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 | Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 | Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828 | Sowerby, James, 1757-1822 | Torchhammer, Georg | Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858 | Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 | Whewell, William, 1794-1866 | Wood, Searles Valentine, 1798-1880 | |
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