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Herschel7860

From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 August 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.64
Summary:

Cambridge [Philosophical] Society will publish HW's paper on self-repeating series. Suggests JH clarify some equations in new edition of [Examples of Finite Differences (1820)].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13471

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Mint Staff]
Date:
[16 August 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0704; Reel 1089
Summary:

[Formal announcement] Assigns personnel from each department to order and to inspect coal deliveries for coming year.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel266

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 August 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.335.67
Summary:

Some concern about a lack of communication from Melbourne University, especially about money [see JH's 1854-8-14].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13470

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[16 August 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0703; Reel 1089
Summary:

Earliest date for pyx trial will be November, leaving ample time to summon jury. Contact wardens soon. JH approves oath for jurymen, but suggests changes in wording.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1578A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Unidentified
Date:
16 Aug [1854-8]
Source of text:
DAR 224
Summary:

Should like to examine the correspondent’s Madeira cirripedes but is too much occupied with other subjects of natural history.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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