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Herschel13345

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Herschel
Date:
[1811?]-23
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0546.2; Reel 1053
Summary:

Copy of JH's midsummer examination questions—17 on Greek drama, 22 on Mechanics—at St. John's College. Currently reading P. S. Laplace's Système du monde, which confirms WH's theory of galaxy formation. T. W. Hornbuckle reports that money has been received from Bruce & Co.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

LINNEAN516

From:
Karl Anton von Vietinghoff- Scheel
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
30 Jan 1811
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/10/51, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sends letter from [Georg Franz] Hoffmann and copy of "Hortus Mosquensis"]. Intends to publish a work on the rare plants of northern and southern parts of Russia, asks Smith to procure him some English subscribers. Requests plants from Botany Bay, [Australia]. Has sent Sir Joseph Banks a prospectus of his other work on the insects of Russia, asks Smith to procure subscribers for this also. Sends twenty packets of seeds of "the rarest plants of the Cokases", intends to send more.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN229

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Vice-President of the Linnean Society
Date:
30 Jan 1811
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/AM/181, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Appoints Thomas Marsham as a Vice-President in place of Jonas Dryander, deceased.

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The Linnean Society of London
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