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Herschel4317

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
B. W. S. Vallack
Date:
[16 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.417b (C: RS:HS 24.141)
Summary:

Suggests weaknesses in BV's plans for a binocular telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6398

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Date:
[5 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.163 & 24.140
Summary:

Cannot give advice on the artistic merits of her photographs as he is not qualified, but offers suggestions and praise on the mechanics of the art.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6399

From:
Julia Margaret Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.164
Summary:

Is grateful for the praise JH has given her photographic efforts. Intends to do a series of life-sized head photographs. Is anxious about Henry Taylor, who has been overworking in the colonial cause.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6633

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[16 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.142
Summary:

Main object in translating Homer was to 'wipe off the stigma cast on English hexameters by such people as Tennyson.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8354

From:
Robert Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1866-2-24 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.157a
Summary:

Asks to visit JH today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Jean Baptiste André Dumas]
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Thanks for having sent a copy of the works of Antoine Lavoisier [3 vols., 1862-65, ed. by JD].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1145

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
17 February 1866
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.88-89, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1467

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
19 February 1866
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.270, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

WCP7218

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Annie Wallace (née Mitten)
Date:
13 February 1866
Source of text:
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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