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Herschel13452

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[21 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0685; Reel 1089
Summary:

JH paid salary for Mr. Watt from 22 June. 1853 to 17 Feb. 1854, when Watt was officially assigned to Sydney branch mint. Mr. Hill will replace Mr. Julyan, who was recalled from Birmingham to Commissary Department on 10 Feb. 1854. Mr. Nash will take Mr. Hill's duties as senior clerk in Mint office and senior officer in charge of dies.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7565

From:
John Banks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1854]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.82; Reel 9
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results for library of Mechanics Institution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0887

From:
Tommy Grieve
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Feb. 22nd. 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP.461, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel1686

From:
Alfred Smee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.172
Summary:

Note to accompany a second edition of work on vision.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13141

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[23 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.10; Reel 1055
Summary:

Proposes eliminating small annual sum paid for rent of Victualling office by making one payment for thirty-year lease. [JH note on verso: Calculations relating to 'State of Gold in Mint.']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP4309

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
John Wodehouse
Date:
23 February 1854
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: Letter Book Nov 1850 - Nov 1859 f.127-128
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1555

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Palaeontographical Society
Date:
[before 24 Feb 1854]
Source of text:
British Geological Survey Archives (Palaeontographical Society minutes)
Summary:

Letter from CD about a monograph of fossil Balanidae. Resolved that CD be asked to complete the monograph.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14575

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0554.5; Reel 1093
Summary:

Explain why JH wants to credit five years of previous service to F. R. Brande and Henry Finch at time of their promotions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0888

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
24 Feb 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/30; MS JT/1/TYP.12.3940, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2796

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
24 February 1854
Source of text:
BL add MS 37195 f.452
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

WCP3648

From:
John Wodehouse
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
24 February 1854
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 FOREIGN OFFICE
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Tyndall0890

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Jane Edmondson
Date:
Saturday night 25th. Feb 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/320-321, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13142

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[25 February 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.11; Reel 1055
Summary:

Five-year apprenticeships of Henry Finch and F. R. Brande qualify them to succeed [William] Buckle in coining department. Salaries for Mint employees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3520

From:
William Spence
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.223
Summary:

Explains and encloses paper on eyeless insects and their situation in caves.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1557

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26 Feb 1854]
Source of text:
DAR 100: 86–9
Summary:

Is relieved his book [Himalayan journals] has been well received and glad he has successfully completed it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0889

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Feb.ry 26th 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/193; MS JT/1/HTYP/318-319, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel2535

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.444
Summary:

William Conybeare has asked AS to assist in the certification of George Wilson. Mentions William Whewell's book [Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay], but has been too ill to study it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0891

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Monday morning
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/317-319, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0892

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/323, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2797

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Whewell
Date:
27 February 1854
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.35
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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