From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Snow Harris
Date:
26 November 1851
Source of text:
MM/16/124, Royal Society
Summary:
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Contributor:
Royal Society
No summary available.
Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] agrees to give G. F. G. Mathison annual allowance of £1200. Suspects mistake in report on Mathison.
Does not believe the Australian gold rush should affect the selection process for Sydney University professors [see GA's 1851-11-18].
A note about the receipt of papers from Richard Sheepshanks.
Encloses and comments on abstract of important manuscripts by the late English scientist [Henry] Cavendish.
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