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Herschel8503

From:
Herbert Spencer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.483
Summary:

Sending JH his Essays [Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative, 1857] and HS's 'Recent Astronomy and the Nebular Hypothesis,' the latter just published in the Westminster Review. Requests JH's comments on the latter publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2399

From:
Richard Hill
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Jan 1859
Source of text:
DAR 166: 218
Summary:

Will secure information on indigenous and naturalised bees as CD requests.

Believes Mexican and Jamaican Melipona are different.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7282

From:
Langham Dale
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.462
Summary:

Has been employed in London studying the way in which Government aid is granted to further popular education. Will be moving on to Glasgow soon to do similar work. Has been offered an L.L.D. if he can obtain a recommendation from someone in this country.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3547

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Henry Enfield Roscoe
Date:
10 January 1859
Source of text:
RSC MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-59-01-11

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
11 January 1859
Source of text:
J59/200, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Tyndall1581

From:
George Day
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan. 11th 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/1/D/12; MS JT/1/TYP/1/317, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel6435

From:
Richard Christopher Carrington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 January 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.203
Summary:

Did not expect to see U. J. J. LeVerrier's prediction of an inferior planet verified so soon. Observations of E. M. Lescarbault meritorious. Is writing to Charles Tennant and W. R. Birt to join in the observations of the planet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-59-01-13

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Edmund FitzGibbon
Date:
13 January 1859
Source of text:
No. 34, unit 822, VPRS 3181 Town Clerk's files, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Faraday3550

From:
Amherst Hawker Renton
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 January 1859
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/3/92
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3549

From:
Benjamin Collins Brodie
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 January 1859
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-59-01-14b

From:
Edmund FitzGibbon
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
14 January 1859
Source of text:
No. 29, unit 4, p. 738, VPRS 4025 Town Clerk's letter press copy books, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-59-01-14

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Isaac Featherston
Date:
14 January 1859
Source of text:
WP/3/6, 1859/31, general inward letters, Superintendent of Wellington Province, National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-59-01-14a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
14 January 1859
Source of text:
K59/309, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-59-01-14c

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
14 January 1859
Source of text:
K59/310, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Faraday3548

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Carlo Matteucci
Date:
14 January 1859
Source of text:
Biblioteca Estense, Modena
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-518

From:
William Ellis
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 January 1859
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 138
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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FVM-59-01-15b

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Friedrich Miquel
Date:
15 January 1859
Source of text:
Bibliothek, Vakgroep Botanische Oecologie en Evolutiebiologie, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-59-01-15a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
15 January 1859
Source of text:
No. 173, unit 95, VPRS 3253 original papers, VA 2585 Legislative Assembly, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-59-01-15

From:
W. H. Rollisson & Sons
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
15 January 1859
Source of text:
K59/2684, unit 746, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-2400

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Syms Covington
Date:
16 Jan 1859
Source of text:
Brian Sirl (private collection)
Summary:

Regrets SC’s increasing deafness, but advises that aurists are humbugs.

Tells of illnesses in family and his own poor health. "I never know 24 hours comfort."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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