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Herschel6984

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.246
Summary:

The tract JH means is by L. A. Sédillot on the history of astronomy of the Arabs. Comments on this. Possesses it but it is bound in with a lot of other papers so is too heavy to send. Would he give John Williams permission to open letters addressed to the President of the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1207

From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[13 Nov 1848]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 279)
Summary:

Informs CD of the death of their father and the funeral arrangements.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday2125

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
13 November 1848
Source of text:
RGO 6/401, f.361
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel2012

From:
George R. Porter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.44
Summary:

Writes about 'floss[?]-growers of Kent' in response to JH's letter. Characterizes the activity as a form of lottery and profit-making in the context of the free-trade/protectionist debate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2124

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Barlow
Date:
13 November 1848
Source of text:
RI MS F1 A21
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2123

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Whewell
Date:
13 November 1848
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.21
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8909

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[13 November 1848]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1099 (Nov. 18, 1848), 1149
Summary:

Reports witnessing a lunar rainbow, including a secondary rainbow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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