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Herschel7029

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 March 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.270
Summary:

Hopes to hear how he is progressing. Looks as though he wanted rest and air. Sends a theorem for his consideration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1649

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leonard Horner
Date:
18 [Mar 1855]
Source of text:
Kinnordy MS (private collection) (Sold at Sotheby’s (dealers), 9 July 2018, lot 373)
Summary:

CD has been a referee for LH’s Nile geology paper [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 145 (1855): 105–38]. Praises the work but offers criticism not in his report: Joseph Russegger’s statement about the baked Upper Sandstone deposit cannot be believed; LH’s paper is too long.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13774

From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 March 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0125; Reel 1087
Summary:

Estimates cost of producing a single [Crimean] medal at 35 shillings. Die Department now working 13 hours daily on medal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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