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RS-MM-000515

From:
Adolph Theodor Kupffer
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
15/27 January 1840
Source of text:
MM/10/39, Royal Society
Summary:

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Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel10099

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.436
Summary:

Comments on JH's laying to rest of William Herschel's 40-foot telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP336

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
15 January 1840
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/5
  • Wallace, A. R. (1905). In: My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions. Vol. 1. London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 142-143]
Summary:

Asks about closure of Hertford library and sale of its books; describes his rail journey to Kington area, ecstatic about outdoor pleasures of enjoying nature while land surveying; Chartists are gaining strength, ominous for nation.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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