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Herschel7966

From:
Walter White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.233
Summary:

Sends report of Edward Sabine's 'conversaziones' of 12 Mar. and 23 Apr. Mrs. Birtwhistle wrote from Peking on 2 Feb.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8429

From:
Hubert Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.311
Summary:

Describes difficulties in producing glass pen and attaching it to pendulum to produce precise curves for aligning equatorial [telescope mount]. Sent artistic sample to JH's wife.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8731

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Anthony Proctor
Date:
[11 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.123 (C: RS:HS 24.312)
Summary:

Thanks RP for sending RP's Other Worlds than Ours and supplies comments, some favorable, on numerous claims made therein, e.g., on RP's theory that Jupiter and Saturn are hot and to some degree luminous.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8732

From:
Richard Anthony Proctor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.124
Summary:

Thanks JH for commentary on RP's Other Worlds than Ours. Responds to JH's comments, accepting most objections. Acknowledges his major debt to JH's writings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8733

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Anthony Proctor
Date:
[16 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.314
Summary:

Assures RP that he is not upset at RP for publicly questioning some of JH's ideas. Continues discussion of point in perturbation theory for Uranus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8734

From:
Richard Anthony Proctor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.125
Summary:

Admits JH is correct in suggested correction of RP's statement regarding perturbations of Uranus. Suggests that JH urge astronomers to observe the solar corona carefully.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8973

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the R.A.S.
Date:
[19 May 1870]
Source of text:
R.A.S.M.N., 31 (1871), 228-30
Summary:

Expresses skepticism on the claims made by F. Abbott, observing from Tasmania, of the detection of changes in the Eta Argus nebula. Compares Abbott's drawings with drawings made by JH and and by JH's son John.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9351

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Georg Adolph Erman
Date:
[24 May 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.315
Summary:

About an application to the B.A.A.S. for a grant to fund the calculations related to reducing the magnetic observations of 1847-48.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC244

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff
Date:
15 May 1870
Source of text:
JDH/2/22/2 f.76, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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FVM-70-05-10b

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James McCulloch
Date:
10 May 1870
Source of text:
No. 4948, vol. 1870 W, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-11f

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James McCulloch
Date:
11 May 1870
Source of text:
V70/5248, unit 465, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-14

From:
Joseph Hooker
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
14 May 1870
Source of text:
Box 6, item 4, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne.Letter not found
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-15

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
15 May 1870
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 432
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-15a

From:
the Società Geografica Italiana
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
15 May 1870
Source of text:
RB MSS M200a.38, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-20

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
20 May 1870
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 433
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-20a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Gustav Zwanziger
Date:
20 May 1870
Source of text:
BHS 128, Handschriftensammlung, Botanische Abteilung, Landesmuseum für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-20b

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Odgers
Date:
20 May 1870
Source of text:
V70/5428, unit 465, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-20c

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Odgers
Date:
20 May 1870
Source of text:
V70/5988, unit 465, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-20d

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Gustav Zwanziger
Date:
20 May 1870
Source of text:
BHS 128, Handschriftensammlung, Botanische Abteilung, Landesmuseum für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-05-21

From:
William Odgers
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
21 May 1870
Source of text:
No. 1225, unit 20, p. 1, VPRS 1187/P outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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