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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[12 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.265
Summary:

Comments on decimal coinage, the weather, and politics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Samuel Austin Allibone
Date:
[16 July 1859]
Source of text:
Huntington Library
Summary:

Has not yet received SA's Dictionary of English Literature, which SA indicated he was sending.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[17 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.266
Summary:

Discusses desirability of middle latitude stations in North America. Impressed by the work of [A. D.] Bache.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[24 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.267
Summary:

Note accompanying something being discussed in the music world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[24 July 1859]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.18
Summary:

Sees no need for changes to the plates for Outlines Astr.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Empson
Date:
27 July [1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.75
Summary:

Thanks for sending the note of A. J. Ellis. Comments on this and his own apparent mistake. Pleased to hear that the invalid is progressing. Their potato crop has an attack of the blight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Date:
[31 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.309 & 23.268
Summary:

Acknowledges the proof sheets of the new edition of the Physical Geography of the Sea. Will read them with the attention they deserve. Does not at present agree with the theories of MM.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project