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Tyndall1038

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Feb 5th
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/30, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

RS-MM-001509

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
6 February 1855
Source of text:
MM/19/113, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Faraday2936

From:
Joseph Antione Ferdinand Plateau
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 February 1855
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

RS-MM-001146

From:
John William Lubbock
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
6 February 1855
Source of text:
MM/17/11, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel3484

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
[6 February 1855]
Source of text:
RS MM 19.113
Summary:

Discusses proposal to fix up the aerial telescope of Christiaan Huygens so as to compare his drawings of Saturn with observations made by contemporary observers using Huygens's telescope. Expresses skepticism about the project.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1039

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Feb 6th 1855
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/213, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2937

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 February 1855
Source of text:
RGO 6/470, f.57-8
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall1040

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Wednesday, written in a scamper | 1855
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/867, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1041

From:
Viktor Hueter
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
7 Februar 1855
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/511, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-13870

From:
John Brodie Innes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 8 Feb – Aug 1855]
Source of text:
DAR 163: 5
Summary:

Provides another case of apparently pure bred pointers producing litter with one setter puppy. Correspondent was told that this occurred in several litters; gives names of owners and others who can corroborate the information.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel1093

From:
George Hamilton-Gordon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 February 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0002; Reel 1062
Summary:

Received JH's letter of resignation during ministerial crisis but elected not to present it to Queen Victoria. Send it to GG's successor [H. J. Temple], together with testimony to merits of W. H. Barton as JH's successor. [JH's daughter] Caroline continues well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday2938

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
9 February 1855
Source of text:
RGO 6/470, f.59-60
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall1042

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
February 1855
Source of text:
9 (1855), pp. 205-9, Phil. Mag.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel11629

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[11 February 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0009; Reel 1054
Summary:

Chancellor of Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone] will arrange with Lord Palmerston [H. J. Temple] for JH's retirement as Master of Mint. Thanks for GH's support against 'external influences' during JH's term.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1559

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[11 February 1855]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 43255.100
Summary:

Writes to inform GH that JH has seen the Chancellor of the Exchequer and tendered his resignation as Master of the Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14583

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 February 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0555.2; Reel 1093
Summary:

Call on CT when convenient.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2939

From:
William Whewell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 February 1855
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.70
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel13174

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[13 February 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0485.6; Reel 1055
Summary:

Estimates expenses and problems in production of medals for Kaffir war veterans. Asks for authority to determine wages for workmen employed on Kaffir and Crimean medals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1043

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
HP 9:20, IC
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online

Faraday2940

From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 February 1855
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/89
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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