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Herschel6840

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.149
Summary:

Is pleased that JH likes his plates of Mars. Has a great collection of drawings of Mars but only a few of Venus. Hopes by the Spring to have the photoheliograph working. Has just completed his volume on the eclipse for 1860.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6712

From:
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 November 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.29
Summary:

Asking JH to accept his book on the rock crystals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE529

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray
Date:
11 Nov 1861
Source of text:
139, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday4098

From:
James Timmins Chance
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 November 1861
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/119
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-3316

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill
Date:
12 Nov [1861]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.270)
Summary:

Writes at Lindley’s suggestion to ask whether DN can send several orchid specimens. Describes his work in preparation for Orchids.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3317

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Robert Waterhouse
Date:
12 Nov [1861]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Returns a letter from a Mr Walsh – "a clear-headed man on my side". What he says about sea trout in lochs would make a good case for CD if borne out by professional ichthyologists.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday4099

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Timmins Chance
Date:
13 November 1861
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/4/44
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4097

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
13 November 1861
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/119
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4100

From:
William Pigott
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
13 November 1861
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/3/111.38
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-61-11-14a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Richard Heales
Date:
14 November 1861
Source of text:
S61/8965, unit 749, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-3318F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Guépin
Date:
14 Nov 1861
Source of text:
Archives Départmentales de Maine-et-Loire (24 J 1, pièce no. 32)
Summary:

Has read about JPG’s article on the fertilisation of orchids in Annales de la Societé Linnéenne d’Angers [1853], but has been unable to secure a copy. Seeks information about the role of bees in distributing pollen masses and about the varieties of orchids in Angers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3318

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
14 Nov [1861]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 130
Summary:

Homologies of orchid flower vascularisation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday4101

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
14 November 1861
Source of text:
Parliamentary Papers, 1863 (344) LXIII, p.6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-61-11-15

From:
Charles Ligar
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
15 November 1861
Source of text:
MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2078/2, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-3319

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
15 Nov [1861]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 89
Summary:

Discusses stock-brokers; hopes to be able to see WED at Christmas.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-61-11-15a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Charles Ligar
Date:
15 November 1861
Source of text:
MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2078/2, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Tyndall1828

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
15th Nov. 1861.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1396; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1476, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1827

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Nevil Story-Maskelyne
Date:
15th Nov. 1861
Source of text:
DF 15/2, Natural History Museum
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday4102

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Fourth Duke of Northumberland
Date:
15 November 1861
Source of text:
IET MS SC 3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4103

From:
Peter Henry Berthon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
15 November 1861
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/3/111.44
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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