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Tyndall0921

From:
William Wright
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
April 17th 1854.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/5/1828-1831, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-54-04-18

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Foster
Date:
18 April 1854
Source of text:
E54/4192, unit 203, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria.For a copy of this letter see Item 533, box 72/5, La Trobe papers, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-54-04-18a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Foster
Date:
18 April 1854
Source of text:
F54/4229, unit 227, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Faraday2821

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Mason
Date:
18 April 1854
Source of text:
SI D MS 554A
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2822

From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 April 1854
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/88
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall0923

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Hector Tyndale
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1478; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1588, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel13459

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mint Staff
Date:
[21 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0692; Reel 1089
Summary:

Declares 26 Apr. a holiday at Mint, in keeping with Queen Victoria's proclamation that this be observed as 'a day of Humiliation and Prayer.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2823

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 April 1854
Source of text:
RGO 6/468, f.18-9
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel11477

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.390
Summary:

Astronomer Royal and his wife are visiting the Lubbocks on Saturday; will JH join them for Saturday and Sunday? Will collect him if he likes. Louisa Herschel was the belle of the Bromley Ball.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13460

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Leonard Charles Wyon]
Date:
[22 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0693; Reel 1089
Summary:

Office of Chief Medalist was abolished on 1 Dec. 1853. [LW]'s salary from then until 31 Mar. 1854 was drawn from Mint under title of 'Medalist and Engraver.' After 1 Apr. 1854, that salary will be issued by Paymaster General.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1913

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry T. De La Beche
Date:
[22 April 1854]
Source of text:
WT B.11
Summary:

Asks HD to recommend a young man to fill a vacancy at junior clerk, and who can do assaying as well. JH provides details about the position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel654

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[22 April 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.46
Summary:

Comments on JH's health, daughter Margaret Louisa's trip to John William Lubbock's, and on the Preston Strike.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0924

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
April 23rd 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/197; MS JT/1/HTYP/334-335, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-54-04-24

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Foster
Date:
24 April 1854
Source of text:
E54/4617, unit 203, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel12932

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Anthony de Rothschild
Date:
[24 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0344; Reel 1054
Summary:

[Marked 'Private.'] JH discovered new metal while examining residues of iridium. Suspects that it is impurity in Australian gold. Asks AR to send waste residues from refinery to JH for tests.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12933

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Anthony de Rothschild
Date:
[24 April 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0345; Reel 1054
Summary:

Has scrap gold that needs refining, but it is less than 100-pound minimum set by AR in contract with Mint. Requests cost and conditions under which AR will accept this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3154

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John P. Gassiot?
Date:
[24 April 1854]
Source of text:
RS MC.5.164
Summary:

Suggests method for obtaining daily photographic record of appearance of sun and its spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1567

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
26 Apr [1854]
Source of text:
Royal Institution of Great Britain (Grove Papers)
Summary:

Is honoured by his election to the Philosophical Club [of the Royal Society].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall0925

From:
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
26 April 54
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/10, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2824

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
26 April 1854
Source of text:
RGO 6/468, f.20-1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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