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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Friedrich Krichauff
Date:
August 1857
Source of text:
Private hands
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Hooker
Date:
August 1857
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXIV, Australia letters 1851-8, letter no. 140
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Aug 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 165: 100, 101
Summary:
States he has "misgivings about the definiteness of species". Believes there is some inherent tendency for plants to originate varieties. Cross-fertilisation is likely in most cases but sees difficulties with plants like Adlumia.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Thomas Bell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1 August 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 20
Summary:
Makes arrangements for JSH to stay with him in London and for possible meeting with Hooker.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Frederick McCoy
Date:
1 August 1857
Source of text:
Archive box 00325, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
1 Aug [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 206, 207
Summary:
Important issue at stake with new flora calculations: evidence that species are only strongly marked varieties. Planning large-scale survey.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
August 1857
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[2 Aug 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 245: 1
Summary:
Is looking forward to returning home [from Moor Park hydropathic establishment]. News of other patients and the books she is reading. Although feeling well, cannot walk much.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Laurence Edmondston
Date:
2 Aug [1857]
Source of text:
L. D. Edmondston (private collection)
Summary:
Thanks for rabbit.
Are there dun-coloured ponies in Shetlands? Are they striped?
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
David Moore
Date:
3 August 1857
Source of text:
No. 3857, unit 3, p. 180, VPRS 963 correspondence register, VA 669 Public Works Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Leonard Jenyns
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
4 August 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 191
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
Thomas Longman
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
4 August 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 215
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Juliet Pollock
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
August 5th . | 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/165, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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From:
Thomas Balmain
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
6 August 1857
Source of text:
No. 57/2388, unit 3, p. 389, VPRS 975/P1 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Public Works Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 August 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.298
Summary:
Hopes his health is improving. Where can he find the article expressing adjectives in algebraic symbols? Went to the R.A.S. in July and found much as usual. Mrs. De M. now at Hythe with the children. Elizabeth Baily appears to be in excellent health.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Juliet Pollock
Date:
7 August 1857
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/1/30
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Charles Pasley
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
10 August 1857
Source of text:
No. 57/2453, unit 3, p. 409, VPRS 975/P1 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Public Works Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Hooker
Date:
10 August 1857
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXIV, Australia letters 1851-8, letter no. 167.For an edited version of this letter see B58.07.01. The changes in the printed version noted here are those that alter sense, or the spelling of plant and place names. Uncertain transcriptions follow the printed version
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Henri Victor Regnault
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.314
Summary:
Regrets deeply having missed seeing JH. Sends greetings to JH's family. Enjoyed trip around British Isles. Will now continue scientific work.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
10 Aug [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A122
Summary:
Delighted that JSH is coming to Down. Sends correct train time.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
