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DCP-LETT-1726

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
21 July [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A98–A100
Summary:

Thanks JSH for all he has done. His botanical little girls are marvellous. His marking of the list of dubious species is what CD wanted. Explains that he wanted to ascertain whether closely allied forms belong to large or small genera.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1728

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
22 [July 1855]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 95)
Summary:

Describes his method of putting young poultry to death.

Asks questions arising from WDF’s reply about crossed mongrels.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1727

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
22 July [1855]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Mentions RH’s book on light [Researches on light in its chemical relations, 2d ed. (1854)]. Asks about coloured glass used in experiments on plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1112

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Sunday night
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/915, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1729

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
23 [July 1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A42
Summary:

Invites JSH to dine at CD’s brother’s house in London.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1113

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
July 23. 1855
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/607, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel14353

From:
Robert Francis Suft
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0513; Reel 1093
Summary:

Sends Mint accounts of Apr. 1855 for JH's signature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1169

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Professor Charles Cardale Babington
Date:
23 July 1855
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.133, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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Faraday3010

From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
24 July 1855
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I058
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1730

From:
Robert Hunt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 July 1855
Source of text:
DAR 261.11: 18
Summary:

Informs CD which colours of glass accelerate germination, lignification, and floriation; advises CD on obtaining such glass and offers his help in any experiments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1116

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
RR/3/155, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1114

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/608, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1115

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/609, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday3011

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
H. Duckworth
Date:
25 July 1855
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/1/28
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday3012

From:
Arthur-Auguste De La Rive
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 July 1855
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall1118

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Hector Tyndale
Date:
July 27. 1855
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1443, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1117

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/610, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-55-07-28

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Friedrich Krichauff
Date:
28 July 1855
Source of text:
Private hands
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-1732

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
28 July [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A43–A44
Summary:

Delighted JSH can dine. Has invited Hooker.

Thanks him for Lychnis seed.

Asks for umbel of wild celery. Wants to ascertain whether wild or tame plants produce most seed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1731

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
28 [July 1855]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 143a
Summary:

Praise for JDH’s Flora Indica [J. D. Hooker and T. Thomson (1855)] from CD and C. J. F. Bunbury.

CD and J. S. Henslow dining in London. JDH invited.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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