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Herschel4937

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[22 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.326 (C: RS:HS 24.342 & draft: RGO 6.132.110)
Summary:

Thanking him for copies of books. People at Collingwood are gazing at the eclipse. Concerning the astatic needle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6362

From:
Thomas G. Bunt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.127
Summary:

Sending his apologies for some errors he made in his calculations in his letter of 30 Nov.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6690

From:
John Henry Dallmeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.8
Summary:

Has made a trial of JH's lens but it was too large to be satisfactory. Regarding the 'graphoscope,' a new toy. Has been concerned with the manufacture of an improved form of opera glass. Present forms have many imperfections. Gives details of his own theories and sends one for JH's notice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6691

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Henry Dallmeyer
Date:
[25 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.340
Summary:

Thanks and a detailed description of the functioning of a pair of binoculars sent by JD to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6692

From:
John Henry Dallmeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.9
Summary:

Thanks for his letter. Is glad the binoculars give a satisfactory performance, but regrets the width between the tubes does not suit JH's eyes. Will alter this and send a new pair later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8127

From:
Charles H. Weston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.393
Summary:

Moon not uniformly dark during last eclipse of sun. In 1858, Mr. Stuart saw same phenomenon, but JH, W. R. Dawes, and [James] Breen reported no such partial illumination. Suggests that this observation was due to refrangibility in medium, not to actual illumination of moon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9354

From:
Georg Adolph Erman
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.106
Summary:

Sends an article from the Astronomische Nachrichten acknowledging the assistance of the B.A.A.S. to two Prussian scientists.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1538

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Henry Bolus
Date:
7 December 1870
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.16, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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FVM-70-12-01

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
1 December 1870
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 453
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-12-03

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
3 December 1870
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 454
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-12-16

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
16 December 1870
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 455
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-12-22

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Odgers
Date:
22 December 1870
Source of text:
W70/16889, unit 473, 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-70-12-24

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
24 December 1870
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, ff. 456-7
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-70-12-30

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Miles Berkeley
Date:
30 December 1870
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London, Botany Library, Berkeley Correspondence, vol. 9
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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WCP1823

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[Joseph Norman] [Lockyer]
Date:
18 December 1870
Source of text:
University of California, Santa Barbara: MSS 28: Box 6: 12, Wallace, Alfred Russel
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP2264

From:
Thomas Vernon Wollaston
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
3 December 1870
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 ff. 203-204
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4029

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
28 December 1870
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/93
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4030

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
31 December 1870
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/94
  • Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/94
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4328

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred William Bennett
Date:
31 December 1870
Source of text:
Jeremy Norman and Co. (bookseller)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4865

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Lyell
Date:
28 December 1870
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society: The Darwin-Lyell Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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