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Herschel4544

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.87
Summary:

Thanks JH for reading R.A.S. records. G. P. Bond will not receive R.A.S. medal. The Beaufoy Clock is recovered.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4885

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 February 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.272
Summary:

Regarding JH's forthcoming visit. On the platinum in the pound weight becoming browned.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4403

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[8 Feb 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 219
Summary:

Compares Clematis and Tropaeolum with respect to touch response. Tropaeolum shows a momentary response and quick recovery. Clematis takes hours to respond, and shows no recovery.

CD can show the gradations between leaves and tendrils, but how a branch passes into a tendril utterly puzzles him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP2029

From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
8 February [1864]
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 ff. 8-9
Summary:

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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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