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Herschel12660

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Barton
Date:
[16 March 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0081; Reel 1054
Summary:

Instructions for collecting 'Gold and Silver sweep' from coining and melting rooms and arranging annual sale of 'sweep and old stores' at end of March.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0734

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
27/28, RDS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13115

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[17 March 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.5; Reel 1055
Summary:

Wages for Henry Finch's temporary services.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0735

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Friday
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/233, 235-236, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2656

From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 March 1853
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/60c
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1507

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
19 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.104)
Summary:

Objects to early deadline for submitting manuscript [of Living Cirripedia 2 (1854)]. Discusses illustrations by G. B. Sowerby [Jr].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-264

From:
W. H. Miller
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
19 March 1853
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 100
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

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

Tyndall0737

From:
Emil du Bois-Reymond
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
22 Maerz 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/D/145, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2658

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Albert Way
Date:
22 March 1853
Source of text:
FACLM H MS c1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2657

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Manby
Date:
22 March 1853
Source of text:
RI MS F1 D16
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel940

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1853-3-22 or later]
Source of text:
JHS 6.63
Summary:

Talks about JH's continuing cough, refers to some bills that need to be settled, and tells MH that JH is committed to going out on Sunday, much against his will.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2659

From:
William Stevenson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
23 March 1853
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1508

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
24 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.105)
Summary:

Volcanic activity of Mt Kilauea as described by Dana [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 9 (1850): 347–64]. Discusses the mechanics of volcanic eruption. Disputes view of William Hopkins that simultaneous action by volcanoes of different heights must come from separate lava sources. Notes relationship of continental elevation to volcanic action.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday2660

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jacob Herbert
Date:
24 March 1853
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/60c
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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