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Herschel4542

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.82
Summary:

Observes and measures sunspots. Takes spectrum of solar photosphere; detects sodium and magnesium absorption lines. Pleased with Alexander Herschel's work on the solar spectrum; wishes he would begin work on stellar spectra.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4551

From:
Ann Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
8 June [1861?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.222
Summary:

Regrets missing JH's visit. W. H. Smyth having trouble walking.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5384

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 June 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.331
Summary:

Is sending a book of travels by Mr. Tyler, which gives an account of the Mexican stone and flint implements. Alexander Herschel called. The latter's experiments with hydrogen are useful.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6585

From:
Alexis Caswell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.327
Summary:

Will be leaving for America shortly so regrets he will be unable to visit him. Has happy memories of his interview at Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6838

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.148
Summary:

Gives diameter of the sun's image. Used an ordinary eye-piece. There must be some mistake about the penumbra. It is possible now to take daily records of the surface of the sun.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8583

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Walter White
Date:
[24 June 1861]
Source of text:
Columbia Univ. Library
Summary:

Asks that various papers by JH be sent along with the R.S.P.T. to four foreign locations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1114

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
2 June 1861?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.19-21, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Tyndall1786

From:
Heinrich Debus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
June 2th 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/D/29, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1787

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
7 June 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/224; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1373-3a, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1788

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Juliet Pollock
Date:
17th June 1861.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1538; MS JT/1/TYP/6/1978, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1789

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Miss Guthrie
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
2006, 1390, no. 179, Maggs Auction Catalogue
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1790

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
June 21. 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/23; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1320, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1791

From:
William Snow Harris
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
26 June 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/2/475, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1792

From:
Johann Christian Poggendorff
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
28 Juni 61.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/130, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1793

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Rudolf Clausius
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/180, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1794

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Heinrich Debus
Date:
Sunday
Source of text:
MS JT/5/11/1365, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-61-06-24

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Robert O'Hara Burke
Date:
24 June 1861
Source of text:
MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee, box 2088/5, letter copy book pp. 37-9, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-61-06-24a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Alfred Howitt
Date:
24 June 1861
Source of text:
MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee, box 2088/5, letter copy book, pp.30-4, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-61-06-25

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Hooker
Date:
25 June 1861
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXV, Australian and Pacific letters 1859-65, letter no. 132
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-61-06-25a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
August Petermann
Date:
25 June 1861
Source of text:
Briefsammlung, Archiv, Justus Perthes' Verlag, Gotha
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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