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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Scott Bowerbank
Date:
28 Sept [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

G. B. Sowerby’s plates [for Living Cirripedia] are ready for the printer.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Gilbert Farquhar Graeme Mathison
Date:
[28 September 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0251 & -0252; Reel 1054
Summary:

[P.S. to letter of 28 Sept. 1851:] JH wrote to J. W. Morrison about GM's claim to melting pots in refinery. Asks GM to clarify Mint records regarding pots. [JH note: Excerpts from Mint records, 1820-1844, outlining history of stopped pots in Mint refinery.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 September 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.7
Summary:

Is inquiring further into the usefulness of the weights [see JH's 1851-9-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
John Hall Gladstone
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/484, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online
From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Monday
Source of text:
Authors' Letters, StBPL T&F
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 September 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.151
Summary:

Hears that JH is using his influence to obtain a transit circle for the Cape. Hopes the application will be successful. Comments on the siting of the instruments. Cape politics are deplorable. Kaffir war still continues and appears likely to be expensive.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
Authors' Letters, StBPL T&F
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project