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FVM-57-08-18

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
David Moore
Date:
18 August 1857
Source of text:
No. 4167, unit 3, p. 191, VPRS 963 correspondence register, VA 669 Public Works Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
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Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel885

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[18 August 1857]
Source of text:
JHS 5.6
Summary:

The letter contains financial arrangements with son John while still in England, extensive comments on the fighting and restructuring of the colonial system in India, some matters relating to earth strata, and finally an extended discussion of the 'Cavendish experiment' [for measuring the gravitational attraction between lead balls].

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John Herschel Project
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