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FVM-54-11-00

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Richard Kippist
Date:
November 1854
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London, Archives, Miscellaneous loose letters, Fellows' files. Mueller, F von, Letter no 6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel7024

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.268
Summary:

Sending an equation for JH to solve. Thanks for sending details of the weight of the florin, and the song from Punch. If he wishes JH may borrow books from the College library.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2915a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
the editor of The Builder
Date:
c. November 1854
Source of text:
The Builder, 11 November 1854, 12: 585
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8921

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Bankers
Date:
1854-11
Source of text:
Preliminary Report of the Decimal Coinage Commissioners (British Parliamentary P
Summary:

Seeks information on the reaction of the public to the florin or two shilling piece.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1938

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Gellibrand Hubbard
Date:
1854-11
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.17
Summary:

Writes to the Governor of the Bank of England to inquire as to the preference of the public for particular coins, especially the florin [two shilling] piece.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1416

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
?-11-1854
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.212, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

A letter to Miles Berkeley from Joseph Hooker relating the news that Edward Forbes had died and lauding his achievements in science. Congratulates Berkeley on a £200 windfall and the accounts of his son Emeric Berkeley.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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WCP3554

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
1 November 1854
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: JMS 8/17
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel7025

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[2 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.150
Summary:

Sends Henry Warburton's equation and integral; thanks AD for humorous story sent to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1563

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
[2 November 1854]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 44382.252
Summary:

Describes current state of coinage of silver coins.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-M54-11-02a

From:
William Hooker
To:
Charles Hotham
Date:
2 November 1854
Source of text:
No. 118, unit 1, VPRS 4021 letters of introduction to the Governor, VA 466 Governor's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-M54-11-02

From:
William Hooker
To:
John Foster
Date:
2 November 1854
Source of text:
M55/796, 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

Herschel7026

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.269
Summary:

Sending one of his equations for JH's comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1629

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[3 Nov 1854]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 214–15
Summary:

JDH’s contempt for R. I. Murchison.

There is a Cyperus species and a Pteris species endemic to hot volcanoes of Ischia. Why are there no other migrators?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-001492

From:
James Clark Ross
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
3 November 1854
Source of text:
MM/19/94, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Faraday2916

From:
David Brewster
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
4 November 1854
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.19
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall0996

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Peter Riess
Date:
4th November 1854
Source of text:
Slg Darmstaedter 1855 Tyndall Be. 1–58, 44–5, SSB
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1597

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
5 Nov [1854]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 152
Summary:

Congratulates JDH on receipt of Royal Medal.

CD gathering facts on aberrant genera of insects.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-388

From:
P. P. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 November 1854
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 61
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Tyndall0997

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/14; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1304, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1600

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[6 Nov 1854]
Source of text:
DAR 205.9: 385
Summary:

Fossil leaves from Disko Island.

JDH to begin working out the botanical geography of the polar sea.

Has not forgotten CD’s request on aberrant species.

Has taken a house on Richmond Hill.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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