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DCP-LETT-6300

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Date:
[Aug–Dec 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 52
Summary:

CD arranges for copies of some blocks [for use in Descent] from Brehm’s [Illustrirtes Thierleben (1864–7)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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SOMERVILLE552

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
?? Aug 1868
Source of text:
181, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10674

From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.45
Summary:

Much obliged for his suggestions regarding the comet; comments on these suggestions. His own observations were made on the comet, not its tail. Would be pleased for him to visit his observatory when in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2606

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[1 August 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.222
Summary:

Thanks WS for 'Genevieve' translation. Will not continue the Dante because a Terza Rima translation has been done previously. The sun is behaving oddly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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