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DCP-LETT-4628

From:
John Beck
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Oct 1864
Source of text:
DAR 160: 103–103/4
Summary:

Has heard about but not read Origin; is concerned that it may contribute to unbelief. Gives many pages of scriptural quotations and exegesis on the creation of earth, species, etc.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel3118

From:
Joseph A. F. Plateau
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.168
Summary:

Submits some observations concerning the experiment mentioned in JH's last letter [1864-9-25]. Discusses in detail his results of an experiment concerning the impossibility of a stable equilibrium. Decides stable equilibrium exists only in vertical position, not in horizontal. Sends another copy of his latest paper. Mentions a printing error in his memoir concerning molecular attraction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4498

From:
Peter Henry Berthon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 October 1864
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/150
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11274

From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.167
Summary:

Encloses lithographs of some of his drawings of nebulae, and two tracings of [?] 2241. Has presented his large equatorial to Melbourne and invited the Astronomer Royal [G. B. Airy] to Malta to observe through the telescope before it is dispatched to Australia. Would also welcome a visit from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4497

From:
William Pigott
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 October 1864
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/149
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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