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Herschel971

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[16 October 1851]
Source of text:
JHS 6.18
Summary:

Son William's report from the school at Haileybury is very good; JH attended the closing of the Crystal Palace Exhibition, which 'was very stupid.' A basket of grapes from Cornwall has been sent for MH, and JH is eating them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1459

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup
Date:
16 Oct [1851]
Source of text:
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (NKS 3460 4to)
Summary:

Thanks him for specimens of Xenobalanus. Discusses systematic relations of the genus.

Comments on paper by J. T. Reinhardt ["Om slaegten Lithotryas", Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn 2 (1850): 1–8].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel9650

From:
A. Fyers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.389
Summary:

Has established a Meteorological Society at Port Louis. What type of barometer would JH advise them to adopt? Hopes to extend their activities to magnetic observations later.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP1659

From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
18 October 1851
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/23
Summary:

Bates informs ARW’s mother of the death of youngest son Edward Herbert Wallace from yellow fever; his insect collections will be sent home by next vessel. Herbert didn’t realize “that his case was serious until a few hours before his death,” and then he remarked that it was “sad to die so young.” About a third of population here wiped out by smallpox.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0552

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
18 Oct. /51
Source of text:
MS JT/5/16b/431, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online

Tyndall0553

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Oct 19th 1851 | Sunday Morng
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/162; MS JT/1/HTYP/162-167, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13979

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 October 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0260.2; Reel 1087
Summary:

Bank of England wants more gold coined. If JH can obtain discretionary form requested in JH's 13 Oct. letter to Treasury, then coining can begin next week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13388

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1851 to 1855]-10-20
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0621; Reel 1089
Summary:

Gave [?]'s instructions to policeman at [Mint] gate. No silver bullion is available on market. Coinage may have to cease. Gives quantities of gold and silver delivered last week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14482

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.19; Reel 1093
Summary:

Will respond tomorrow to JH's important note.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0554

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Tuesday
Source of text:
Authors' Letters, StBPL T&F
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2468

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
21 October 1851
Source of text:
RI MS T TS, volume 12, pp.4130
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Tyndall0555

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
21 Oct. 1851
Source of text:
MS JT/TYP/12/4130, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel14483

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 October 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.20; Reel 1093
Summary:

Before Treasury commissioners approve pay scale for Mint workmen proposed by JH, they want to know pay scale previously used by Moneyers. If JH or H. D. Harness can call on Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] today, matter can be settled immediately.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0556

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

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel973

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[22 October 1851]
Source of text:
JHS 6.23
Summary:

About JH's health and news of friends and relatives.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13064

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1851-10-23 or later
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0479.3; Reel 1055
Summary:

Difficulties in pay system for moneyers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14610

From:
Charles Wood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24] October 1851
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0592 & TxU:H/M-0593.1; Reel 1086
Summary:

Expresses pleasure at results of CW's visit to Mint today. Particularly impressed by capabilities of JH and H. D. Harness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2469

From:
Joseph Toynbee
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 October 1851
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8763

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[24 October 1851]
Source of text:
Sydney Ross Collection
Summary:

Cannot accept JL's kind invitation. Predicts a storm regarding the jury awards for the Great Exhibition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1459F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Hilton
Date:
25 Oct [1851?]
Source of text:
Stowe Collection, Stowe School Library (tipped into Living Cirripedia (1851); STO 5/45)
Summary:

Thanks for offer of Cirripedia specimens from the Northern Atlantic, but has seen so many that he does not need more.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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