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HENSLOW-663

From:
Sir B. Brodie
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 August 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 36
Summary:

Writes positively about a report on schools written by JSH, particularly the benefits for children of learning by rote. Says he is unsurprised that JSH has some ‘bad folks’ among allotment scheme as this is human nature.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1749

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
24 Aug [1855]
Source of text:
Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (10)
Summary:

"Close" species in large and small genera.

Alphonse de Candolle on geographical distribution [Géographie botanique raisonnée (1855)].

Species variability.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8518

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jean Baptiste Elie de Beaumont
Date:
[24 August 1855]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Expresses elation and gratitude at JH's election as a foreign associate of the Académie des sciences. Is especially honored because JH has been elected in succession to C. F. Gauss.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3018

From:
Thomas Rawson Birks
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 August 1855
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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