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Herschel7881

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mr. Holloway
Date:
[29 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.85a
Summary:

Plans to sell JH's property at Upton, including tenement Holloway occupies, to neighbors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7979

From:
Alexander Wight, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.246
Summary:

Sends small lens. Its components neither parallel nor concentric; contains water. Suggests new polishing method. Estimates 4-foot lens would cost £7-£8. [JH Note: Tested and returned lens. Noted advantages and deficiencies and suggests improvements. Listed others who built similar lenses.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7980

From:
Alexander Wight, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.247
Summary:

Lens safely returned. Not aware of lenses in 1851 Exhibition or of C. F. Sturm's solid lenses. Notes advantages of plate glass. Offers to make three foot by three foot square lens. Recognizes limitations for use in astronomy; hopes for other applications.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8108

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Wolstenholme Ward
Date:
[24 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.374 (C: 23.168)
Summary:

Happy to hear that [new Sydney mint] is going well. JH confined with painful illness since Mar. 1855; still unable to walk or stand upright without support. Aluminium may be used in coins, but JH doubts it will replace iron in pots and pans. War is ended, but people worry about further Russian aggression.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9285

From:
Alexander John Ellis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.39
Summary:

Sending his completed universal alphabet with comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9465

From:
Few & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.211
Summary:

Thanks for the check. Will search for the deeds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1420

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
25 April 1856
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.216, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Tyndall1207

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Grey
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
1856 [2065], Parliamentary Papers
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1208

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Sunday 6th April
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/889, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1209

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Henry Provost Babbage
Date:
7th April 1856
Source of text:
37196-464, BL
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1210

From:
William Snow Harris
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
14 April 1856
Source of text:
MS JT/1/2/469, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1211

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Saturday | 19th. April, 1856.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/443, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1212

From:
Joseph Allen Galbraith
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
23rd April 1856
Source of text:
MS JT/2/7/306-7, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1213

From:
John Tyndall
To:
The Editors of the Times
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13c/836, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1214

From:
The War Department
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
28th. April 1856.
Source of text:
MS JT/2/7/310/11, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1215

From:
Henry Moseley
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
28 April
Source of text:
MS JT/3/903, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1216

From:
Gustav Magnus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/17, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-M56-04-03

From:
Redmond Barry
To:
Charles Pasley
Date:
3 April 1856
Source of text:
Letterbook of the Council 1854-71, University of Melbourne Archives, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-M56-04-24

From:
Charles Pasley
To:
Redmond Barry
Date:
24 April 1856
Source of text:
UM 447, Museum, Registrar's correspondence, University of Melbourne Archives, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-M56-04-26

From:
Redmond Barry
To:
Charles Pasley
Date:
26 April 1856
Source of text:
Letterbook of the Council 1854-71, University of Melbourne Archives, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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