From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
27/26, RDS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Francis
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
27/27, RDS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Wilson
Date:
[18 April 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0503; Reel 1055
Summary:
Reports quantities of gold and silver issued by Mint in recent months.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Tuesday
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/896, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Mure
Date:
19 April 1853
Source of text:
NLS MS 4953, f.49
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Robert Bunsen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
19 April 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/B/145, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online
From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
22 April 1853
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 1
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Heywood Markland
Date:
22 April 1853
Source of text:
SAU MS QC F2 L2, f.185
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
22 April 1853
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 356
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
23 Apr [1853]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 4)
Summary:
On THH’s paper on cephalous Mollusca [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 143 (1853) pt 1: 29–66]. Discovery of the type or "idea" (in THH’s sense, not Owen’s or Agassiz’s) is one of the highest ends of natural history.
Discusses anamorphism;
position of heart in Cleodora.
Variability within species;
cementing process in cirripedes.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Burnley Hume
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 April 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0284; Reel 1087
Summary:
Describes new machinery at U.S. mint in Philadelphia. Refers JH to G. F. Dunning (visiting England) and Franklin Peale (chief coiner) for more information. U.S. mint uses humid assay of silver. Facts about gold assays.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[25 April 1853]
Source of text:
WT B.9
Summary:
In response to a request for information, JH says that his father, William, never had a residence in London.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III
Date:
25 [Apr 1853]
Source of text:
DAR 210.10: 21
Summary:
Discusses the [CD/Emma] marriage trust.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Hopkins
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
April 25 /53
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/2/603, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Thomas Bell
To:
Edward Joshua Cooper
Date:
26 April 1853
Source of text:
MM/12/79, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
26 [Apr 1853]
Source of text:
DAR 210.10: 19, 22
Summary:
Writes concerning marriage trust.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Apr 1853
Source of text:
DAR 262.11: 13
Summary:
Acknowledges the receipt of some securities.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 April 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.11; Reel 1093
Summary:
Calls JH's attention to articles on mint operations by J. T. Smith.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederick Waymouth Gibbs
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
27 April [1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0207; Reel 1087
Summary:
Gratitude for receipt of medals struck by Prince Albert Edward and Prince Alfred during their enjoyable visit to Royal Mint.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[c. 27 Apr 1853]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 19, 7 May 1853, p. 302
Summary:
Solicits information about the kind of syphon required to convey water from a proposed large water tank to existing smaller ones.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project