| 1 | Creator: | De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Augustus De Morgan letters, 1841-1866
| | | | Dates: | 1841-1866 | | | | Abstract: | These letters are to William Hepworth Dixon, who was editor of the "Athenaeum," a journal of literature, science, the fine arts, music, and drama, from 1871 to 1900. They concern current publications and publishing expenses, Michael Faraday, astronomy, perspective, M. F. Maury, P. B. Du Chaillu, all in relation to the "Athenaeum" or letters to the editor thereof. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.D396 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Beyond Early America | De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871. | Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879 | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 | Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 | Printing and Publishing | Publishers and publishing. | Science publishing. | Scientific Correspondence | |
| 2 | Creator: | Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir Roderick Impey Murchison correspondence, 1829-1871
| | | | Dates: | 1829-1871 | | | | Abstract: | Series I is a miscellaneous collection of letters concerning geology, geological exploration of Russia, entomology, glaciers, appointments in the British Museum, Geological Society of London business, Royal Geographical Society, references to David Livingstone, and zoology. Series II consists of letters written from America, to Murchison, discussing geology, natural history, and contemporary topics. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M93 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892 | Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892 -- Correspondence | Beyond Early America | British Museum (Natural History). | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Denison, William, Sir, 1804-1871 -- Correspondence | Entomology. | Falconer, Hugh, 1808-1865 | Falconer, Hugh, 1808-1865 -- Correspondence | Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 | Geological Society of London | Geology -- Soviet Union -- Surveys. | Geology. | Glaciers. | Hall, James | Hunt, Robert,1807-1887. | Hunt, Robert,1807-1887. -- Correspondence | Irminger, Carl, 1802–1888 -- Correspondence | Kirk, John, -- Sir, -- 1824?-1904. | Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 -- Correspondence | Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Major, Richard Henry, 1818-1891 -- Correspondence | Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852 | Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871 | Natural history | Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 | Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 -- Correspondence | Palgrave, William Gifford, 1826-1888 -- Correspondence | Ross, P. Campbell | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) | Sopwith, Thomas, 1803-1879 -- Correspondence | Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787-1871 -- Correspondence | Watson, Hewett Cottrell, 1804-1881 | Webster, Thomas, 1773-1844 | Webster, Thomas, 1773-1844 -- Correspondence | Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911 -- Correspondence | Zoology. | |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
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