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From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
28 May 1834
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H07
Summary:

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Faraday Project
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From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
11 January 1835
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H56
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 July 1836
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

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Faraday Project
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From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 April 1837
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.64
Summary:

Calling his attention to the works of J. C. Poggendorf and Guillaume Weber. Does he know of the ingenious work carried out at the Cape by C. F. Gauss and Weber?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
20 July 1838
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander (Alexander) von Humboldt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Sept 1839
Source of text:
DAR 204: 180
Summary:

Praises CD’s Journal of researches and comments on some of CD’s observations and conclusions. Considers volcanic activity and its effect on past climate and changes in climate over time. Discusses glacial phenomena. Believes the climate of the coast of Peru is modified by cold sea-currents.

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Darwin Correspondence Project