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From:
John Barlow
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
oct 21/52
Source of text:
MS JT/1/B21, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III
Date:
21 Oct [1852]
Source of text:
DAR 210.10: 17
Summary:
Informs JW of his intention to sell his N. W. Railway shares.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
27/18, RDS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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From:
William Withey Gull
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 October 1852
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1852]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.25
Summary:
Happened to meet JH's wife, Margaret; was very pleased to see her in such good health. Has heard a rumor about a Bank of England resolution on decimalization [see GA's 1852-3-15].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
27/17, RDS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Thomas Brande]
Date:
[23 October 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0666.1; Reel 1089
Summary:
Make immediate arrangements to accept extra workers into Die and Coining departments to bring coining operations up to maximum capacity.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[23 October 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0482.23; Reel 1055
Summary:
Has not received reply from Anthony de Rothschild. Foresees great demand soon for gold and silver. Gives W. T. Brande's estimate of maximum possible output by Mint.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Drury Harness
Date:
[23 October 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0184.8; Reel 1054
Summary:
Requires that HH return. 'The storm is coming on thicker.' Danger of coining operations breaking down. Report of coin production from W. T. Brande.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
24 [Oct 1852]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 81)
Summary:
News of his health; has been well of late, but cannot stand excitement. Hereditary weakness is another of his bugbears.
At work on cirripedes – "I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Oct. 24th / 52
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/174; MS JT/1/HTYP/214-216, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Thomas Bell
Date:
25 October 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/155, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Mint officers]
Date:
[25 October 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0667; Reel 1089
Summary:
[Formal notice] Work hours and pay rates for temporary workers.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Bell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1852]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.155
Summary:
Requests JH's opinion of H. P. Brougham's paper and reports of G. B. Airy and G. G. Stokes thereon.A
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Henry Drury Harness
Date:
[26 October 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-1060; Reel 1083
Summary:
New emergency at Mint, created by demand for gold and silver coins by people and Bank of England. JH unable to cope alone. Directs HH to cancel vacation and return to assist.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gilbert Scott, 20 Spring Gardens
To:
John Dunn Gardner
Date:
26 October 1852
Source of text:
MM/22/25, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jacob Herbert
Date:
26 October 1852
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/1/54
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[26 October 1852]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.26
Summary:
The Bank of England will start to deal with weights of precious metals in decimals only [see GA's 1852-10-23]. JH responds to a letter in the Times about the shortage of silver coins.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0552.38; Reel 1093
Summary:
[Marked 'Confidential.'] CT will respond to the Times query regarding Mint [production of silver coins]. Plan to meet with CT when H. D. Harness returns. Glad to hear that Mint workmen began 12-hour workdays on 25 Oct.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Leonard Charles Wyon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0604; Reel 1086
Summary:
Thanks JH for processing payment of LW's compensation allowance. Will stop at Mint next week to examine letter from Treasury.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project