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From:
Eduard Wehl
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
2 August 1852
Source of text:
RB MSS M106.12, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
2 Aug [1852]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/6)
Summary:

Discusses rent reduction and possibility of a lease.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Johann Rudolf Wolf
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
2 August 1852
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 August 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0265.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Explains wages of Mint workers doing piece work. Discourages plan to pay equal wages in all departments. Policy for promotions. Problem of gold ingots of non-standard weight and alloy being imported by Bank of England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Ransome
Date:
5 Aug [1852]
Source of text:
Yale University Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library (William Finkelstein autograph collection 1747–1979 (MS 19th cent+) vol. 2)
Summary:

Forwards an order for £1 1s in response to a circular from Ipswich Museum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
I. H. Jephson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 August 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0297; Reel 1087
Summary:

Next meeting of Cambridge [University] Commission will be on 13 Aug.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
6 August 1852
Source of text:
RI MS F1 D13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Aug. 7th /52
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/202-203, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
8 August 1852
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 173
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 August 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0543.9; Reel 1053
Summary:

Describes ship Earl of Aberdeen and son William's departure [for Scotland]. JH got lost returning from London Docks; describes squalid neighborhoods. Visited Elizabeth Baily, who is ill, and Mrs. Stewart, who is composed and well. J. C. Stewart and Rose Stewart are both ill. University Commission is finishing its report. Attitude toward dissenters is more liberal that JH expected. MH's concertina lessons with Mrs. Jones.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Karl Hermann Knoblauch
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
10th August 1852
Source of text:
MS JT/1/K/18, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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From:
Francis Dutton
To:
Charles La Trobe
Date:
11 August 1852
Source of text:
Unit 1, VPRS 4020 letters of introduction to the Governor, VA 466 Governor, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0543.10; Reel 1053
Summary:

Son Alexander has recovered and went with his brother John to Clapham School today. Will send J. F. L. P. Maclear's parcel to ship Meander. J. M. Cameron sent her translation of Part II of Dr. Heinemann's '[Pialiss?] van Actevelde.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.150
Summary:

Plans date and time for first ascent of balloon experiment. WS's daughter has fallen in love with JH's son William.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Justus Liebig
Date:
14 August 1852
Source of text:
Liebig Museum, Giessen
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Andrews
Date:
14 August 1852
Source of text:
SM MS 350/1. f.7
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0543.11; Reel 1053
Summary:

MH's birthday. Country needs bad harvest or expensive war to counteract 'monstrous plethora of gold' accumulated in England. Americans calling for naval war with England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/493, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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From:
F. J. Bunbury
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 August 1852
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 50
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
[after 18 August 1852]
Source of text:
DAR 219.1: 5
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters