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Herschel5477

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.378
Summary:

Will be pleased to dispose of the copies of the Reports when they arrive. Thanks for his own copy. Maria Edgeworth will be pleased with hers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10458

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 August 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.336
Summary:

Has discovered another member of the group of planets between Mars and Jupiter. Gives readings. May be the lost planet of Niccolo Cacciatore.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel953

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1847-8-13 or earlier
Source of text:
JHS 6.37
Summary:

Elizabeth Baily is not in good health; JH had his pocket picked that day, but nothing of consequence was taken.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1107

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Bernhard Studer
Date:
13 Aug [1847]
Source of text:
Burgerbibliothek Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Summary:

Invites BS to visit Down. Advises him to call on Daniel Sharpe. Suggests he see the work of the Ordnance Survey in Wales.

Offers to lend him Murchison’s The Silurian system [3 vols. (1839)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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