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FVM-M53-12-00

From:
Wilhelm Sonder
To:
Eduard Fenzl
Date:
December 1853
Source of text:
Archiv der Universität, Wien
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Tyndall0844

From:
Henry Thomas de la Beche
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1st Dec. 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13b/641, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0845

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/582; MS JT/1/HTYP/293, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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HENSLOW-379

From:
Richard Owen
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1 December 1853
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 227
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel13439

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1 December 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0673; Reel 1089
Summary:

Forwards to Treasury commissioners JH's correspondence with managers and directors of Bank of Ireland and Provincial Bank of Ireland regarding introduction of new copper coin. Requests authorization to proceed with distribution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP1288

From:
John Wallace
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
1 December 1853
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/14
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:

One of a set of letters providing in-depth descriptions John Wallace's life in the gold mining town of Columbia, California, building a system to bring water to gold mining operations in the town.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1541

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
2–3 Dec [1853]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/66)
Summary:

Arranges meeting. Discusses his account.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall0846

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Henry Thomas de la Beche
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13b/642, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0847

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Henry Thomas de la Beche
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13b/642, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel716

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.109
Summary:

Mostly about sick people—their daughter Caroline, Fanny Bailey, and James Adam Gordon; son John passed his entrance examination [to the Navy?], and JH is still worried about the financial arrangements [see JH's 1853-11-29].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0848

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Decr 4th 53
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/187, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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WCP1294

From:
John Wallace
To:
Wallace, Alfred Russel & Wallace (née Greenell), Mary Ann
Date:
[10 Oct. 1853 & 4 Dec. 1853]
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/107
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel13485

From:
Henry Halford Jones and Robert Angus Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 December 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0719.1; Reel 1089
Summary:

[Form letter] Announces next meeting of Literary and Philosophical Society, with presentation by [Peter] Spence on atmospheric electricity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0849

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Monday
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/583, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13130

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[5 December 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.21; Reel 1055
Summary:

Recommends increasing salaries of Mint officers assigned to Sydney, to match salary increases announced by governor of New South Wales.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1542

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Dwight Dana
Date:
6 Dec [1853]
Source of text:
Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 43)
Summary:

Responds to JDD’s objections to his views on the three pairs of appendages in larvae of cirripedes. Reports observations which confirm his views.

Gives his confidential opinion of A. White, C. S. Bate, T. Bell, and W. Baird.

Interested in JDD’s observation that Crustacea are not most developed in the tropics. If JDD ever works it out either in number of species or rank, CD would be glad to have result.

Comments on article by Henri Milne-Edwards ["Crustacés", Ann. Sci. Nat. (Zool.) 18 (1852): 109–66].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall0850

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/584; MS JT/1/HTYP/296, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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HENSLOW-380

From:
S. V. Wood
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 December 1853
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 362 & 362 (ii)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel13491

From:
G. B.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0724; Reel 1089
Summary:

Instead of index of all printed papers relating to Mint requested by JH, GB suggests set of indexes from 1800 to 1852 by Mr. Hausard. [Note from 'm' to JH on verso: 'Have you not the "railiamutard" Indexes already at the Mint?']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0851

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Thursday. Noon
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/485; MS JT/1/HTYP/297, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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