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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Robinson
Date:
1862-1865
Source of text:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin: Slg Darmst. Amerika 1848
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Philip Lutley Sclater
Date:
1862-1865
Source of text:
Zoological Society of London: GB 0814 BADW
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
1862-1893
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/85(3)
Summary:
Hard frost damage to tender shrubs; word puzzle competition with $5,000 prize in an American paper.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Edmund Major Wilson
Date:
1862-1865
Source of text:
John Greenell Wilson (private collection)
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
Graham Wallas
To:
[Alfred Russel?] [Wallace?]
Date:
1862-1913
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/9/54
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
D. C. E. van Monckhoven
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.358
Summary:
Sending an incomplete copy of the fourth edition of his own book [Traité général de photographie] on photography, which he would like to dedicate to JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862-1 to 1862-8]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.1.13; Reel 10
Summary:
Not surprised that actual costs [of publishing JH's catalogue of nebulae] departed from estimates. Reports vote by [R.S.L.] committee. Does not believe publication will be expensive.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1 Jany 1862
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/4/1377-80, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Henry C. Criswick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1862
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.376
Summary:
Is grateful that he has been allowed to dedicate his book to JH. Will incorporate the suggestions.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Michael Jenkins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862 to 1868]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0232.1; Reel 1054
Summary:
[Printed notice] Solicitation by Geological Society of contributions for Charles Nichols, 22-year member who has 'fallen into...difficulty.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Jan 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 101: 5
Summary:
Sends plant specimens. William Borrer will be glad to send seeds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:
Discusses plans for a hot-air balloon.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:
Receives report from Crystal Palace concerning balloon test.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Lee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862?]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.3.14 verso; Reel 10
Summary:
Notes on trapping air at different elevations [during balloon ascent]. G. B. Airy and JH will be absent. W. H. Sykes will arrive this evening. Will make another ascent Monday.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Arthur Pepys Whately
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
p. 389, Life and Work
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Matthew Collins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862-1]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.265
Summary:
Is glad his article on central forces pleased him. Sends one of his latest solutions. Would like a few lines by way of a testimonial. Has been unfortunate when applying for positions as he has lacked support.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Ernst Becker
Date:
1 January 1862
Source of text:
RI MS F1 F1
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Mr. Abinger
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1862?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0917.1; Reel 1083
Summary:
Requests donation to hospital.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
1862
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.379
Summary:
Thanks for JG's Correlation of Physical Forces; JH is still uncertain about the nature of heat.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1862?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.138, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
Undated letter of four pages over 1 folio.
Contributor:
Hooker Project