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Herschel14549

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 March 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.9; Reel 1093
Summary:

[Marked 'Confidential.'] JH's reaction to paper was precisely what CT felt. Plans to communicate it to no one else.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1794

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0636.7 (C: RGO 6.349.16)
Summary:

Does not believe that the technical weights of the Bank of England should be given the same legal status as primary, and official, weights, measures, and coinage [see GA's 1853-2-11].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3580

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
St. John's College, Cambridge
Summary:

Regrets will be unable to be steward at a 'Public dinner.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3870

From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.233
Summary:

Sends photographs of Great Dragon and the Ice Cavern in Teneriffe. Notes that images are finer when glass plates are used.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel549

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.18
Summary:

Wants to visit the Royal Mint; the coinage/weight question is more complex than GA imagined [see GA's 1853-3-15]; seeks JH's opinion on part of a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel550

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.21
Summary:

Responds with return of letter part and an invitation to the Royal Mint [see GA's 1853-3-21]; expands further on the coinage/weight problem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel552

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26 March 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.26
Summary:

Supports the report, but JH believes as an employee of the Treasury, he cannot sign the report on coinage to the Chancellor of the Exchequer; does not anticipate swift action on the report.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel553

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 March 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.30
Summary:

Understands JH's position [see JH's 1853-3-26]; expects the report will be taken to Parliament.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7016

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.263
Summary:

The book on the coinage of England in the 1670s is by one William Jeake. Comments on the diversity of coins available at that date and how their values changed by proclamation. Should the present coinage be decimalized he hopes the half crown will be withdrawn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel704

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[29 February 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.97
Summary:

About MH's continuing illness [see JH's 1853-2-21] and the illness of Mrs. Knowles; some of their children are spending the weekend with JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel940

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1853-3-22 or later]
Source of text:
JHS 6.63
Summary:

Talks about JH's continuing cough, refers to some bills that need to be settled, and tells MH that JH is committed to going out on Sunday, much against his will.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1313

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
-3-1853
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.86, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Tyndall0725

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
4th Mar
Source of text:
27/6, RDS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0726

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
Sunday. 1853
Source of text:
HP 8:11; MS JT/TYP/9/2858a, IC; RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0727

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
March 6th / 53
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/177; MS JT/1/HTYP/230-231, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0728

From:
Robert Bunsen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
6n Maerz 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/B/144, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0729

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
March 7th 1853
Source of text:
HP 8:12; MS JT/TYP/9/2862, IC; RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0730

From:
Henry Bence Jones
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
March 8. 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/J/43; MS JT/1/TYP/673, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0731

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
10th Mar
Source of text:
27/7, RDS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0732

From:
Henry Bence Jones
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
March 11 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/J/44; MS JT/1/TYP/674, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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