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Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865. Correspondence, 1820-1864.

Title: Correspondence, 1820-1864.

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.

ArchivalResource: 123 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122364941 View

Sir John F. W. Herschel papers, 1810-1917 (inclusive), 1830-1866 (bulk).

Title: Sir John F. W. Herschel papers, 1810-1917 (inclusive), 1830-1866 (bulk).

Notes, compositions, and correspondence of the British astronomer John Herschel focusing on double stars.

ArchivalResource: 18 volumes and 2 metal boxes (3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00614/catalog View

Heywood, James, 1810-1897. Letter : Philadelphia, to the editor of the Athenaeum, 1848 Nov. 21.

Title: Letter : Philadelphia, to the editor of the Athenaeum, 1848 Nov. 21.

Autograph letter signed. Relates to the discovery of Saturn's "new satellite" by William and George Bond.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52247112 View

W. H. (William Henry) Smyth correspondence, 1820-1864, 1820-1864

Title: W. H. (William Henry) Smyth correspondence, 1820-1864 1820-1864

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.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, 123 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sm98-ead.xml View

Scientists Collection, 1563-1973

Title: Scientists Collection 1563-1973

The Scientists Collection is comprised of individual letters and small groups of correspondence from American, British, French, and German scientists during the past three centuries. Although the content is highly varied, there is significant strength in astronomy, natural history, conchology, and geology. Among the scientists better represented in the collection are the astronomers William Radcliffe Birt, J.F.W. Herschel, and Franz Xaver von Zach; the conchologists A.D. Brown, Fred L. Button, Otto Mörch, Alfred Newton, Christian M. Poulsen, Temple Prime, Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, and A. G. Wetherby; the physical scientists George Biddell Airy, Arnold Sommerfeld, Ferdinand R. Hassler, and Max Planck; the archaeologist Jean François Nadaillac; the philosopher William Whewell; and the naturalists Walter Henry Bates, Robert Chambers, Edme Dupuget, Robert Kaye Greville, Joseph Henry, John Stevens Henslow, John Lubbock, and Herbert Spencer.

ArchivalResource: 5.75 Linear feet; 13 upright boxes, 8 oversize folders.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.509.L56-ead.xml View

Lassell, William, 1799-1880. Letters.

Title: Letters. 1851-[1860?]

A.L.S. (1851 Nov. 13, Starfield) declining invitation from Lubbock, and A.L.S. (Wednesday, Bradstones) declining invitation from Mrs. Thompson.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10318768 View

Heywood, James, 1810-1897. Letter : Philadelphia, to the editor of the Athenaeum, 1848 Nov. 21.

Title: Letter : Philadelphia, to the editor of the Athenaeum, 1848 Nov. 21.

Autograph letter signed. Relates to the discovery of Saturn's "new satellite" by William and George Bond.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82201501 View