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Herschel2941

From:
Henri Victor Regnault
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1857-8-11 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.315
Summary:

Apologizes profusely for not having written earlier. Thanks for a wonderful stay in England. Has been pressured into new and undesired positions. Sends porcelain tea service from Sèvres.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-480

From:
Thomas Longman
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
11 August 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 216
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2481

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
11 Aug [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 21 (EH 88206470)
Summary:

Asks JL not to call as he has a "very old friend" [J. S. Henslow] coming to visit him.

Yesterday visited poultry show at Crystal Palace.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-001418

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
11 August 1857
Source of text:
MM/19/15, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

DCP-LETT-2396

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
12 [Aug 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 19 (EH 88206468)
Summary:

Invites JL to dine and meet J. S. Henslow.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3326

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Percival Norton Johnson
Date:
12 August 1857
Source of text:
Håndskriftafdelingen, Det Kongelige Bibliothek Copenhagen, MS Palsbo AC
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

FVM-57-08-13a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
David Moore
Date:
13 August 1857
Source of text:
No. 4060, unit 3, p. 187, 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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FVM-57-08-13b

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
David Moore
Date:
13 August 1857
Source of text:
No. 4059, unit 3, p. 187, VPRS 963 correspondence register 1853-97, VA 669 Public Works Department, Board of Land and Works, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-57-08-13

From:
Thomas Balmain
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
13 August 1857
Source of text:
No. 57/2512, unit 3, p. 427, 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

Tyndall1421

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1857 August 15
Source of text:
MS.RGO 6/378.515; MS.RGO6/471.173; MS JT/1/TYP/1/22, RGO; RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1420

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Juliet Pollock
Date:
15th Aug. 1857
Source of text:
63902-874E-10-51, BL
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday3327

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
15 August 1857
Source of text:
RI MS JT TS Volume 12, pp.4070-3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall1419

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
15 Jul 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/12/4070-3; 5:3327, RI; Faraday Correspondence
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel1989

From:
Sir William Pole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.22
Summary:

Plans to visit JH next week [to discuss color blindness].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-57-08-17

From:
Frederick McCoy
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
17 August 1857
Source of text:
Director’s letterbooks, MVS 2/1 1, f. 20, Melbourne Museum
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

Faraday3328

From:
Julius Plücker
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 August 1857
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel1990

From:
Sir William Pole
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 August 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.23
Summary:

Will bring [M. E.] Chevreul's color diagrams and new spectrum representation when he visits JH; confirms mode and date of arrival.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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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
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-57-08-19

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
David Moore
Date:
19 August 1857
Source of text:
No. 4176, unit 3, p. 191, 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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