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Herschel7134

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[14 July 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.334
Summary:

Raised from his lethargy by the appearance of the comet; comments on the nature of the sun; can AD recommend a book on surveying for JH's son John.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7135

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.347
Summary:

Sends a sonnet on the comet. Regarding works on spheroidal triangles. Supposes he may use the Feldhausen anecdote. Regarding the law of facility.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8790

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Stanley Jevons
Date:
[30 July 1861]
Source of text:
John Rylands University Library of Manchester (C: RS:HS 23.337)
Summary:

Thanks WJ for his papers on clouds [see WJ's 1861-7-21]. JH had not seen these, but praises their contents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8933

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
The London Review
Date:
[6 July 1861]
Source of text:
London Review, 3 (July 13, 1861), 46-7
Summary:

Reports JH's observations of a comet [Comet II Tebbutt ?] first seen from England ca. 29 June 1861. Remarks that it 'far exceeded in brightness any comet I have before observed.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9451

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[24 July 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.336
Summary:

More on lacunae in JH's set of MF's writings [see JH's 1838-10-3].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9452

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 July 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.198
Summary:

Found the paper JH required and has sent off the quarto version. Wishes he had something else to send as well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9585

From:
Peter le Neve Foster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 July 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.326
Summary:

His son Clement will be working in the neighborhood of Hawkhurst for the Geological Survey and would be pleased if JH would give any local advice as required.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1115

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
7 July 1861
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.22-24, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Tyndall1795

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Lord President and Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education1
Date:
Thursday, 11th July 1861
Source of text:
(1868-9), p. 90., House of Commons Papers
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1796

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
July 21 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/94; MS JT/1/TYP/2/505-6, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1797

From:
Richard Dawes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Sept. 22d 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/322b, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1798

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Richard Dawes
Date:
24th July 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/322b, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1799

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
24th July 1861
Source of text:
HS 17.388, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1800

From:
Charles Darwin
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
July 24.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/9/2803, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1801

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William White Cooper
Date:
25th July 1861
Source of text:
Uncatologued, box 864., RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1802

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Rudolf Clausius
Date:
26th July 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/181, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1803

From:
Johann Joseph Benen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
p. 7, Mountaineering in 1861
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-61-07-14

From:
Joseph Hooker
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
14 July 1861
Source of text:
RB MSS M3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.For published extracts of this letter see Daley (1927-8) p. 96
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-61-07-17

From:
Richard MacDonnell
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
17 July 1861
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXV, Australian and Pacific letters 1859-65, letter no. 105.M enclosed MacDonnell’s letter with the letter he wrote to William Hooker on 25 July 1861 (in this edition as 61-07-25a)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-61-07-20

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Frederick Walker
Date:
20 July 1861
Source of text:
MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2088B/5, letter copy book, pp. 56-9, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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