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Herschel4160

From:
B. W. S. Vallack
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.417a
Summary:

Responds to JH's criticisms of his binocular telescope plans.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4164

From:
George Thurnell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.437
Summary:

Praises JH's essay 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre.' Believes C. P. Smyth's theories concerning the Great Pyramid being a standard of measurement.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4289

From:
Goodwin Kilburne
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 February 1866]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (63)
Summary:

Announces a committee meeting for a volunteer group.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4317

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
B. W. S. Vallack
Date:
[16 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.417b (C: RS:HS 24.141)
Summary:

Suggests weaknesses in BV's plans for a binocular telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6398

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Date:
[5 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.163 & 24.140
Summary:

Cannot give advice on the artistic merits of her photographs as he is not qualified, but offers suggestions and praise on the mechanics of the art.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6399

From:
Julia Margaret Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.164
Summary:

Is grateful for the praise JH has given her photographic efforts. Intends to do a series of life-sized head photographs. Is anxious about Henry Taylor, who has been overworking in the colonial cause.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6633

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[16 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.142
Summary:

Main object in translating Homer was to 'wipe off the stigma cast on English hexameters by such people as Tennyson.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8354

From:
Robert Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1866-2-24 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.157a
Summary:

Asks to visit JH today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Jean Baptiste André Dumas]
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Thanks for having sent a copy of the works of Antoine Lavoisier [3 vols., 1862-65, ed. by JD].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1145

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
17 February 1866
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.88-89, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1467

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
19 February 1866
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.270, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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FVM-66-02-05

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
5 February 1866
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, ff. 196-201
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-66-02-05a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
5 February 1866
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 195
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-66-02-09

From:
Frederick McCoy
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
9 February 1866
Source of text:
Director’s letterbooks, MVS 2/1 3, p. 72, Melbourne Museum
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-66-02-13a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Julius Haast
Date:
13 February 1866
Source of text:
MS papers 37, folder 207, no. 559, Haast family papers, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-66-02-16

From:
the Verein für Erdkunde zu Dresden
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
16 February 1866
Source of text:
RB MSS M105, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-66-02-17

From:
the Imperial Naturalists’ Society of Moscow
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
17 February 1866
Source of text:
RB MSS M200b.47, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-66-02-18

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
18 February 1866
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-66-02-22a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Jasper von Oertzen
Date:
22 February 1866
Source of text:
Signatur: 4630, Grossherzogliches Kabinett III, Mecklenburgisches Landeshaptarchiv Schwerin
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-66-02-22b

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Jasper von Oertzen
Date:
22 February 1866
Source of text:
Signatur: 4630, Grossherzogliches Kabinett III, Mecklenburgisches Landeshaptarchiv Schwerin
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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