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Herschel10258

From:
George Griffith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.143
Summary:

Will be very glad to send his paper to the gentlemen concerned, but encloses their names and addresses in case JH wishes to send direct.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-64-09-25a

From:
George Rumley
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
25 September 1864
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London, General Library, Owen correspondence, vol. XXII, f. 447
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel3117

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph A. F. Plateau
Date:
[25 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.167 (C: RS:HS 24.61)
Summary:

Apologizes for not having answered earlier. JH's health has been 'indifferent.' Received 'Sur un Problème curieux de Magnetisme' yesterday. Discusses 'alleged free suspension of Mahomet's coffin.' Agrees with JP that 'establishment of a stable equilibrium under the influence of mere magnetic forces is impossible.' Elaborates on an experiment relating to the 'problem.' Lists the works by JP that he has.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-64-09-26

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Johan Areschoug
Date:
26 September 1864
Source of text:
J. E. Areschoug brefsamling, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, Stockholm
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel9540

From:
Camille Flammarion
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.269
Summary:

Sending a new edition of his own work on the Plurality of Worlds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4496

From:
John Pyke Hullah
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
27 September 1864
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.42
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel569

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 September 1864]
Source of text:
RGO 6.358.288
Summary:

Is very upset that JH's name has been attached to a group that wishes to import the 'French metrical system' into Britain; JH urges petitions or whatever is needed to retain the British system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10976

From:
William Stanley Jevons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.320
Summary:

JH's statement regarding scientific inquiry and religion seems to him invaluable, and he agrees with it entirely.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4892

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.279
Summary:

Regarding the opposition to the proposed introduction of the French Metrical system.H

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4893

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.280
Summary:

Daughter has returned from Switzerland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4623

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[28 Sept 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 157.2: 110
Summary:

Sends Nepenthes laevis.

Wallace for the Royal Medal is a good thought.

W. H. Harvey is at Kew and JDH has asked him about desert climbers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-64-09-29

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Adolphus Berndt
Date:
29 September 1864
Source of text:
MS papers 37, folder 206, no. 548, Haast family papers, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-64-09-29a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Julius Haast
Date:
29 September 1864
Source of text:
MS papers 37, folder 206, no. 549, Haast family papers, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington,
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Tyndall2145

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Editor of the Times
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS. 7777/108, Wellcome
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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