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Herschel14604

From:
James Wilson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0586; Reel 1093
Summary:

Thanks for explaining disposition of gold belonging to Bank of England but stored at Mint. Suspected that importers of U.S. gold were not selling it to Bank but were privately coining it themselves.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0510

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
14th Aug. 1851
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/544, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel12676

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Bingley
Date:
[14 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0097; Reel 1054
Summary:

Office of Queen's Assayer will terminate 18 Aug. HB must vacate his house by 13 Oct. JH cannot extend HB's occupancy to Christmas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0511

From:
John Hall Gladstone
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
August 15th. 1851
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/400-401, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13198

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Wilson
Date:
[15 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0506; Reel 1055
Summary:

Profits that Bank [of England] makes from assay operations at Royal Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0512

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Emil du Bois-Reymond
Date:
17th Aug. 1851
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/397, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0513

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Hall Gladstone
Date:
17th. Aug. 1851
Source of text:
MS/743/1/6; MS JT/1/TYP/402-403, RS; RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1345

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Spence Bate
Date:
18 Aug [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 45
Summary:

Thanks CSB for cirripede larvae.

Has been unwell.

Cannot see transverse articulation referred to and does not believe in it.

Sends species synonyms.

Discussion of Chthamalinae.

Suggests using asphalt to seal specimen containers.

Comments on mouth of larva.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13593

From:
George Cornewall Lewis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 August 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 50
Summary:

Treasury commissioners received report on JH's and Henry Rich's investigation of claim by Henry Bingley for compensation due to abolition of office of Queen's assay master. Treasury grants Bingley annual pension of £750.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13974

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0258.4; Reel 1087
Summary:

Waiting for official assay report is creating delay that gives bad appearance at Mint. HH suspects that someone is creating distrust of Mint's assaying arrangements. Proposes to begin work without reports.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2457

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Royal Society
Date:
19 August 1851
Source of text:
RS MS RR 2.89
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5374

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[19 August 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.321
Summary:

Please let him have David Brewster's address.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14478

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.15; Reel 1093
Summary:

Asked Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] to answer JH's letter regarding two apprentices. Thanks for gift of third coin struck under new Mint system. Congratulates JH and H. D. Harness for successful reform.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13077

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[20 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0481.8; Reel 1055
Summary:

Encloses JH's letter to commissioners of Treasury requesting official permission to meet Bank [of England's] demand for silver.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12921

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Rich
Date:
[20 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0335; Reel 1054
Summary:

Awaits decision from Treasury on salary for Henry Bingley.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0514

From:
Peter Riess
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
21 August 1851
Source of text:
MS JT/1/R/25, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel5375

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[21 August 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.322
Summary:

Will show his friends round the Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12922

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Rich
Date:
[21 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0336; Reel 1054
Summary:

Discusses the matter of pensions for Mint workers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13775

From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0126; Reel 1087
Summary:

Moneyers failed to fulfill conditions of apprenticeship for WB's son [F. R. Brande], yet they refuse to refund £1,000 apprenticeship fee that WB paid them five years ago. Asks advice from JH, who is member of committee that awarded compensation to WB's son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2360

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 August 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.232
Summary:

Wants advice regarding recalculation of magnetic lines using [C. F.] Gauss's method and new numerical data. This will be a provisional calculation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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