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Herschel7564

From:
John Banks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1854]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.81; Reel 9
Summary:

Requests donation of copy of JH's Cape Results to library of Mechanics Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1550

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
31 Jan [1854]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (Sa: 389)
Summary:

Declines the honour of writing a biography of Leopold von Buch, on grounds that he would not do it well; nor does he hold Buch so high as the world at large does.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12687

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Thomas Brande
Date:
[31 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0108.1; Reel 1054
Summary:

Notes deficit in Coining Room between 23 and 28 Jan.. Following enquiries in December into similar shortages, JH now requires that WB submit written reports of daily accounts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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