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Herschel2498

From:
Christian F. Schönbein
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 August 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.359
Summary:

Discusses his explosive matter [see CS's 1846-3-24], which can discharge rifles and cannons. Four ounces of his gun cotton demolished an old tower in town.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-989

From:
Edward Forbes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[7 Aug 1846]
Source of text:
DAR 43.1: 49
Summary:

Has completed descriptions of S. American fossil shells [for South America]. Proposes to name a Nautilus after A. D. d’Orbigny.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14460

From:
Richard Taylor and John Edward Taylor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 August 1846]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0549; Reel 1093
Summary:

Received £450 today from B.A.A.S. treasurer for printing N. L. Lacaille's catalog of stars and J. J. L. Lalande's Histoire céleste.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1895

From:
William Whewell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 August 1846
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.56
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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