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FVM-57-04-06

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Augustus Gregory
Date:
6 April 1857
Source of text:
MS Q426 inward correspondence, Gregory papers, Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Summary:

No summary available.

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Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-57-04-06a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Hooker
Date:
6 April 1857
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXIV, Australia letters 1851-8, letter no. 159.Three small watercolours by Thomas Baines are attached to this letter. One is published as the frontispiece of Volume 1 of Regardfully Yours
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel10927

From:
Henry James
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.273
Summary:

Is grateful for his valuable remarks on the various projections of the sphere. Thinks the projection devised by JH to be well suited for isothermal lines. Has constructed a chart of the polar regions for the same purpose. Will try JH's projection.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3268

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
6 April 1857
Source of text:
RI MS G32
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-282

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
William Whewell
Date:
7 April 1857
Source of text:
Trinity College Cambridge Whewell Add.Ms.a.206: 72
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Tyndall1369

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Lyon Playfair
Date:
7th April 1857.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1125, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1370

From:
Oscar Schulze
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
den 7ten April 1857.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/61, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-57-04-08

From:
Augustus Gregory
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
8 April 1857
Source of text:
MS Q430 outward letter copy book, p. 16, Gregory papers, Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-2073

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
8 Apr [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 191
Summary:

Independence of variation from climate shown by several plant genera; CD asks for confirmation.

Progressing with book [Natural selection].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3269

From:
Peter Henry Berthon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 April 1857
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/77
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel2375

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[8 April 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.195
Summary:

Discusses advantages of different magnetic charts. Grateful for [P.] Plantamour's observations. Satisfied with [J. R.] Wolf's period of 11.11 years for solar spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2073F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
9 Apr [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 249: 128 (photocopy)
Summary:

Recommendations of books of general interest [for the Royal Society library]. These include [Louis] Agassiz’s works, [William] McGillivray’s [History of] British birds, and David Low’s [On the domesticated animals of the British Islands].

Comments on current candidates for the Royal Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-57-04-11

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Hooker
Date:
11 April 1857
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXIV, Australia letters 1851-8, letter no. 160
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-2074

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[11 Apr 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 198–201
Summary:

JDH cites W. H. Harvey’s observations on Fucus and David Don’s on Juncus as examples of variations that are independent of climate. There are many such cases. Gives his working scheme for categorising variation.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3270

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
11 April 1857
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/77
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel14151

From:
Thomas Spring-Rice
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 April 1857]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0377; Reel 1087
Summary:

Questions from Lord Overstone [S. J. Loyd] about decimal coinage system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1372

From:
Anna Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Sunday 12th April | /57
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/124; MS JT/1/HTYP/496, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-2075

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
12 Apr [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 192
Summary:

Thanks JDH for response on variation. Studying variations that seem correlated with environment, e.g., north vs south, ascending mountains.

CD’s weed garden: observations on slugs killing seedlings.

Seed-salting. One-seventh of the plants of any country could be transported 924 miles by sea and would germinate.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1371

From:
Mary Anne Coxe
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
April 12th
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/1/273, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel9191

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[12 April 1857]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20792 (C: RS:HS 23.196)
Summary:

Looking forward to a visit from WW. Glad to hear that WW is editing Richard Jones's unpublished works. Sad to hear that George Peacock is seriously ill. Comments negatively on a book by Herbert Spencer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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