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Herschel549

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.18
Summary:

Wants to visit the Royal Mint; the coinage/weight question is more complex than GA imagined [see GA's 1853-3-15]; seeks JH's opinion on part of a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0736

From:
Henry Bence Jones
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/J/45; MS JT/1/TYP/675, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13366

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0595; Reel 1089
Summary:

Details of how coins are tested and stamped for weight. Procedures are not regulated, and variances are common. Encloses Mr. Miller's letter on decimal coinage. [JH annotation: 'Substance sent to Airy March 21 / 53 but altogether diff in form and wording.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel550

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.21
Summary:

Responds with return of letter part and an invitation to the Royal Mint [see GA's 1853-3-21]; expands further on the coinage/weight problem.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3580

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
St. John's College, Cambridge
Summary:

Regrets will be unable to be steward at a 'Public dinner.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1507F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Wigley
Date:
21 Mar 1853
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA D3651/B/47/2/30)
Summary:

Encloses the transfer, signed and witnessed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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