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Herschel10314

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1836 early?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.196
Summary:

P.S. Has received her letter regarding travel home via Rio and will endeavor to find out the answers and send letters of recommendation later; is now in Paris. Hopes to send a copy of a small book he has written. Hoped to include something from D. F. J. Arago but it has not arrived yet. The French are unpunctual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1860

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Harvey
Date:
[1836 ?]
Source of text:
WT 69294.1
Summary:

JH and his family went on an excursion and collected plants. JH is now sending some that survived well and asking WH to identify them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1861

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Harvey
Date:
1836
Source of text:
WT 69294.2
Summary:

Is sending WH a plant sent earlier, but this one has a bulb attached.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8809

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[1836]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/7
Summary:

Sending WT some seeds. Had hoped to send some bulbs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8871

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[1836]
Source of text:
Comptes Rendus, 3 (1836), 505 (inc)
Summary:

Discusses the 'Moon Hoax' and JH's observations of Halley's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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