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DCP-LETT-1378

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Albany Hancock
Date:
25 Dec [1850]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Discusses capacity of some cirripedes to bore into rock. Describes progress of his research.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13205

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Wyon
Date:
[25 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0512; Reel 1055
Summary:

Received copies of WW's letters of 17 Dec. and 17 Oct. to R. L. Sheil. Will study them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14067

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0288; Reel 1087
Summary:

Invites JH to dinner next Monday to meet African missionary J. L. Krapf.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2363

From:
Antoine-César Becquerel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
27 December 1850
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2362

From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
27 December 1850
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Tyndall0458

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
27 Dec. 1850
Source of text:
Authors' Letters, StBPL T&F
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2361

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
27 December 1850
Source of text:
MU MS 173
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12940

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Lord John Russell
Date:
[27 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0351; Reel 1054
Summary:

Will report on recent changes in supply and demand for precious metals after JH contacts persons named in JR's letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13310

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[27 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0541.6; Reel 1053
Summary:

Richard Jones is wrong in attacking Mr. Tucker. JH must inform W. H. Sykes that [JH's son] William is going to Madras and not to Bombay. Believes that [W. H. C. Plowden] will change William's assignment. Letter from Lord John Russell has increased JH's work load. John Barlow suggests that MBH, not JH, should become member of Royal Institution. Encloses draft of letter to E. Mackintosh.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1380A

From:
James Dwight Dana
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 29 Dec 1850]
Source of text:
Living Cirripedia (1851): 15 n.
Summary:

Gives his opinion that the larval antennae in Lepas correspond with the inferior antennae, the superior not present, as in most Daphnidae. [See 1381.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1381

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Dwight Dana
Date:
29 Dec [1850]
Source of text:
Smith College Library
Summary:

Discusses attachment of antennae in larvae of cirripedes.

Asks for information about how parasitic cirripedes are attached to host.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3631

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
Date:
[29 December 1850]
Source of text:
RS MC.4.373
Summary:

Believes Toronto magnetic observatory should somehow be continued, at least temporarily.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP1656

From:
Herbert Edward ("Edward") Wallace
To:
Richard Spruce
Date:
29 December 1850
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/20
Summary:

Waiting for a passage to England; clothes left at Barra to be forwarded; speculation on Spruce's plans, regards to Mr King.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Faraday2364

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Antoine-César Becquerel
Date:
30 December 1850
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel13311

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0541.7; Reel 1053
Summary:

Son William is adapting to life and study in London. Dined with R. H. Inglis today and met African explorer J. H. Krapf, who discovered source of Nile. MBH will soon be member of Royal Institution. Please send copy of letter from F. M. Eardley-Wilmot to JH regarding admission to R.S.L. JH blundered in signing it. JH's note to W. H. C. Plowden was not worded correctly. Richard Jones is arranging lodging for JH's son William at Haileybury College.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12507

From:
Adolph C. Petersen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.373
Summary:

A note to inform JH of the death of H. C. Schumacher.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10718

From:
Alexander von Humboldt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.72
Summary:

News of the astronomical activities of his colleagues. Astronomical queries.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2365

From:
Edward Adolphus Seymour
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
31 December 1850
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

WCP6665

From:
Richard Spruce
To:
William Jackson Hooker
Date:
31 December 1850
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: KMDC10180
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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