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Faraday2516

From:
Charles Mansfield Clarke
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
23 April 1852
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-001135

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Thomas Bell
Date:
23 April 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/176, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel10126

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Grant
Date:
[23 April 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.15 verso (C: RS:HS 23.120)
Summary:

Thanks RG for a copy of the History of Physical Astronomy; comments on the behavior of cometary tails.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1293

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
23 April 1852
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.67, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel13890

From:
William Richard Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 April 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0236; Reel 1087
Summary:

Benedetto Pistrucci reports that JH refuses to pay Pistrucci. Admonishes JH to treat Pistrucci kindly and prevent Pistrucci from having to beg for a living. Pistrucci also worries that new construction in Weighing Room at Mint will ruin Pistrucci's furnaces and prevent completion of Waterloo Medal. WH criticizes latest changes in Mint policies as injurious to great artists like Pistrucci for the sake of 'free Trade.'

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John Herschel Project
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