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Herschel6602

From:
John George Children
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.339
Summary:

Has sent the aneroid barometer to [Edward] Dent's, who will give it to the messenger when he calls.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2310

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Whewell
Date:
1 August 1850
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.26
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel2920

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 August 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.410 (C: TxU:H/M-1031.2; Reel 1083)
Summary:

Alexander von Humboldt requests that JH answer questions about 'coal sacks (plur.)' [Coal Sack of the Southern heavens].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0419

From:
Heinrich Debus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/103, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0418

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Sunday Aug. 4th 1850
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/530; MS JT/1/HTYP/98-100, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0420

From:
John Tyndall
To:
E. D. Steuart
Date:
5th Aug. 1850
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/10/3327-3328, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1344

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Harris
Date:
6 Aug [1850]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Reports on the fossil cirripedes sent him; several are new, some are "elegant".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0421

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
6 Augst 1850
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/150, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2310a

From:
Warren De La Rue
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 August 1850
Source of text:
RI MS F5 B, p.119
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel2501

From:
Christian F. Schönbein
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1850-8-7.
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.362
Summary:

Forwards results of experiment on influence of solar light on the chemical action of oxygen. Asks JH to experiment further and to give CS his views on the subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0422

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Thomson
Date:
7th Aug. 1850
Source of text:
Kelvin Correspondence, Add.7342/T623, Cambridge University
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel14780

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander von Humboldt
Date:
[7 August 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.89 (C: TxU:H/M-1031.3; Reel 1083)
Summary:

Offers some information on 'Coal Sacks' in Southern Cross [see AH's 1850-7-31]. Happy to hear that volume 3 of Kosmos is near completion.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13832

From:
William Empson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 August 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0179; Reel 1087
Summary:

Death of WE's child. Will return to [Haileybury]. Encloses letter from [A. J.] Ellis. Let Ellis know if JH wants to see Ellis's works.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0423

From:
George Wynne
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
8 Augt. 1850
Source of text:
MS JT/1/W/92, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

JHC111

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Jackson Hooker
Date:
8 August 1850
Source of text:
JDH/1/10 f.296-298, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-1267

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Nathaniel Thomas Wetherell
Date:
8 [Aug 1850]
Source of text:
Kotte Autographs (dealers) (April 2019)
Summary:

Has not completed description of NTW’s Loricula. Wants permission to have it figured by James de Carle Sowerby. Does NTW have other fossil cirripedes?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel4319

From:
Giovanni Santini
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.349
Summary:

Gets copy of Cape Observations through ministry. May visit England to meet with JH and G. B. Airy. Sends observations of Biela's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0424

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Saturday
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/531, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel10717

From:
Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 August 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.71
Summary:

Is grateful for his constructive letter on the Coal Sack. Regarding the work of the Schlaginweit brothers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11557

From:
J. Riedl-Sevenstern
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.474
Summary:

Has made a globe of J. H. Mädler's lunar observations. Would JH accept one as a gift; if so, how can he send it?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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