| 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: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, 1793-1874
| | | | Dates: | 1793-1874 | | | | Abstract: | This collection concerns astronomical observations, earthquakes, meteorology, photography, physics, professional associations, publications, and scientific instruments. The correspondents include Augustus De Morgan, Dionysius Lardner, Sir Francis Beaufort, and Sir Edward Ryan. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H435p | | | | Extent: | 40.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857 | Beyond Early America | De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871. | Earthquakes. | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859 | Meteorology. | Photography -- Early works to 1850. | Physics. | Ryan, Edward, Sir, 1793-1875 | Science -- Societies, etc. | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | 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. | |
| 5 | 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 | |
| 6 | Creator: | Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Maria Mitchell papers, ca. 1825-1887
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1825-1887 | | | | Abstract: | The manuscripts of father William Mitchell and daughter Maria Mitchell are not easily separated, and are treated here together. The collection includes William Mitchell's autobiography, his memoir of Judge Walter Folger of Nantucket, astronomical and meteorological observations, lectures, family and other correspondence. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.9 | | | | Extent: | 9.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892 | Astronomy. | Autobiographies. | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887 | Clippings. | Comets. | Dana, James D. (James Dwight), 1813-1895 | Diaries. | Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 | Europe -- Description and travel. | Folger, Walter, 1765-1849 | Genealogies. | Gould, Benjamin A., (Benjamin Apthorp), 1787-1859 | Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Jupiter (Planet) | Kendall, Phoebe Mitchell | Kendall, William Mitchell | Lectures. | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 | Meteorology -- Observations. | Microfilm Collection | Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 | Mitchell, William, 1791-1869 | Moon. | Poems. | Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel. | Saturn (Planet) | Solar eclipses -- 1831. | Southern States -- Description and travel. | Soviet Union -- Description and travel. | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | Women scientists. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Royal Society (Great Britain). | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Royal Society (Great Britain) letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900
| | | | Dates: | 1662-1900 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes letters to and from Americans (including South America and the West Indies) and letters about America selected from the Society's manuscripts (Classified Papers, Letter Books, Letters and Papers, Royal Society Letters, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and other official groups) and from collections of private papers (Sir Charles Blagden, William Buckland, John Canton, Sir John F. W. Herschel, Sir Edward Sabine, and others). The documents range in time and character from John Winthrop, Jr., "A Description of the Artifice & Making of Tarr & Pitch in New England" (1662), to letters from Sir Thomas Edward Thorne to his wife describing the American West, where he was on a surveying party in the 1880s. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.1 | | | | Extent: | 10.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Banister, Thomas | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Blagden, Charles, Sir, 1748-1820 | Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865 | Brattle, Thomas, 1658-1713 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Burnet, William, 1688-1729 | Canton, John, 1718-1772 | Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749 | Churchman, John , 1753-1805 | Clayton, John, 1686-1773 | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Dudley, Paul, 1675-1751 | Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 | Geology. | Greenwood, Isaac, 1702-1745 | Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Indians of North America | Jones, Hugh, -- ca. 1670-1760. | King, Rufus, 1755-1827 | Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 | Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Lewis, Richard | Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889 | Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 | Merry, Andrew | Meteorology. | Microfilm Collection | Middleton, Christopher, d. 1770 | Moray, Alexander | Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728 | Paleontology. | Pepperrell, William, Sir, 1696-1759 | Potash. | Robie, Thomas, 1689-1729 | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Smallwood, Charles, 1812-1872 | Tar. | Thompson, Benjamin, -- Count Rumford, -- 1753-1814. | Thorne, Thomas Edward | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859 | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 | Winthrop, Wait | Witt, Christopher. | |
| 8 | Creator: | Smyth, W. H., (William Henry), 1788-1865 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | W. H. (William Henry) Smyth correspondence, 1820-1864
| | | | Dates: | 1820-1864 | | | | Abstract: | This is a miscellaneous collection of letters, almost all written to Smyth by prominent scientists. The topics discussed include astronomy, microscopes, nautical almanacs, and submarine excursions. Also of interest is a letter from Thomas Graves, reporting what the Beagle (Charles Darwin's voyage) was encountering in South American waters. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sm98 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892 | Almanacs. | Arnold, Thomas, 1795-1842 | Astronomical instruments. | Astronomy. | Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857 | Beyond Early America | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Dawes, William, 1762-1836 | Dollond, George, 1774-1852 | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 | Graves, Thomas. | Grove, W. R., (William Robert), 1811-1896 | Hartwell Observatory. | Henderson, Thomas, 1798-1844 | Henslow, J. S. (John Stevens), 1796-1861 | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Hopkins, William, 1793-1866 | Kater, Henry, 1777-1835 | Lassell, William, 1799-1880 | Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 | Maclear, Thomas, 1794-1879 | Microscopy. | Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871 | Nautical almanacs. | Petermann, A., (August Heinrich), 1822-1878 | Royal Astronomical Society.. | Royal Observatory, Greenwich. | Royal Society (Great Britain). | Sheepshanks, R., (Richard), 1794-1855 | Smyth, Annarella Warington | Smyth, W. H., (William Henry), 1788-1865 | Smyth, Warington Wilkinson, Sir, 1817-1890 | Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872 | Submarines (Ships) | Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham, Sir, 1776-1846 | Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis, 1780-1854 | Zach, Franz Xaver, Freiherr von, 1754-1832 | |
| 9 | 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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