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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles G. B. Daubeny
Date:
[25 February 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.18 & 21.102
Summary:

Sending a paper for CD and one for S. P. Rigaud and William Buckland. Would like Buckland's support for W. H. Mill, a candidate for the Boden professorship at Oxford. Has been speculating on the effect of snow on the heights of mountains. Thinks David Brewster has carried his joke about the decline of chemistry too far.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles G. B. Daubeny
Date:
[11 December 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.20
Summary:

Introducing two German scientists who have written an elaborate work on the physical geography of the Alps. Thinks they may both benefit by their knowledge of each other. Has just returned from a ramble over volcanic country.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project