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Herschel13687

From:
William Henry Bateson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 December 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0057.12; Reel 1087
Summary:

Meeting of Cambridge University Commissioners for 13 Jan. is changed to 20 Jan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14496

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.33; Reel 1093
Summary:

Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] will not need to discuss JH's draft of 'Estimate' until after New Year's Day.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel205

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 December 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.337.97
Summary:

Some business relating to the Sydney Trust [see GA's 1851-12-23].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2486a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Macomie
Date:
26 December 1851
Source of text:
Sheila Elliott
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1466G

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Salt
Date:
26 Dec [1851]
Source of text:
Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018
Summary:

Asks Thomas Salt to accept the repayment of a mortgage from Captain Muckleston’s executors, if Josiah Wedgwood agrees.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1466

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam White
Date:
26 Dec 1851
Source of text:
Testimonials of Adam White, F.L.S., Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum [1854], p. 15 (National Library of Scotland, 3.2043(6))
Summary:

Testimonial letter expressing CD’s high opinion of AW’s zoological attainments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1269

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Charles R. Bree
Date:
27 December 1851
Source of text:
Ipswich Museum
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel5498

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[27 December 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.398a (C: RS:HS 23.112)
Summary:

Report for the Lords of the Admiralty on the desirability of supplying Thomas Maclear with a transit circle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel206

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[27 December 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.337.98
Summary:

Differences of opinion about the best candidates for the Sydney University professorships [see GA's 1851-12-26].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-633

From:
James Scott Bowerbank
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
28 December 1851
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 6 & 6(ii)
Summary:

Discusses the methods for adulteration of alcoholic drinks, including porter, ales and spirits. States that adulteration is far less harmful than the public imagine.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel7896

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 December 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.99
Summary:

Richard Owen retiring, recommending GW for post of C. D. E. König [died 6 Sept. 1851].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP6721

From:
Richard Spruce
To:
John Smith
Date:
28 December 1851
Source of text:
Wallace, A. R. (Ed.). (1908). In: Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes . Vol. 1. London: Macmillan & Co. [pp. 264-268]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online

WCP1277

From:
John Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
28 December 1851
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/3
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/100
Summary:

Not being able to work mines in rainy season “exploded as a fallacy.” Most miners depend on working during rainy season to make up for losses during dry months. Ditches are cut in mountain streams when rain is scarce to supply running water; we’ve been doing that for six months. Our water will supply well over 20 miles of mines. Now chief surveyor for the Company, working on alterations with new steam-driven saw mill, and has supervised design and building of 15-mile road, using ox teams and wagons. All 150 workers toil without pay for future shares of company, expecting big payoff at completion. None of us were aware of the great magnitude of project at beginning; it “will be one of the greatest works yet attempted in this country.”

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Faraday2487

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
29 December 1851
Source of text:
RGO 6/404, f.36
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-1217

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. C. Dale
Date:
29 December 1851
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections, James Charles Dale Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1270

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Charles R. Bree
Date:
30 December 1851
Source of text:
Ipswich Museum
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
Text Online

Tyndall0592

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Dec. 30th 1851
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/547; MS JT/1/HTYP/178-181, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1466H

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Richardson
Date:
30 Dec [1851]
Source of text:
Louisiana State University Libraries, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (James E. Murdoch Papers, Mss. 667)
Summary:

Will send JR’s box of cirripedes on Thursday.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel207

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[30 December 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.337.100
Summary:

About a procedure to make a final decision about two of the Sydney University professorships without having another meeting [see JH's 1851-12-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0593

From:
Elizabeth Steuart
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
December 31st 1851
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/10/3333, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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