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DCP-LETT-2154

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
18 Oct [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A45–6
Summary:

Sends details on Myosotis sports. Feels sure he could make any flower in some degree monstrous in four or five generations.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1442

From:
Stephen Hawtrey
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/13c/1037; MS JT/1/TYP/9/224-5, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1444

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/15; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1308, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel11379

From:
Humphrey Lloyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.287
Summary:

At the last meeting of the B.A.A.S. a resolution was adopted calling for the continuance of the Magnetical Observations. Would work through the joint R.S.L. and R.A.S. committees as before. Would JH agree to continue as chairman? Let him know at the Athenaeum where he returns in a few days.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-57-10-19

From:
Thomas Balmain
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
19 October 1857
Source of text:
No. 57/3301, unit 4, p. 129, 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

Tyndall1443

From:
William Frederick Pollock
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
19th. Oct. 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/228; MS JT/1/TYP/6/1920, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-2156

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
20 Oct [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 212, 222c
Summary:

Returns some of the systematics books borrowed from JDH. Will now take on A. P. and Alphonse de Candolle [Prodromus].

Arrangements for a visit.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1445

From:
Mary Anne Coxe
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Tuesday | Ocyober 20th.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/274, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1446

From:
John Tyndall
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
21st. Oct. 1857.
Source of text:
JDF Incoming letters 1857, no. 85, StA
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel7072

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[21 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.210
Summary:

Comments about JH's ancestor, Hercules, and replies to S. J. Loyd's (1st Baron Overstone) queries [see AD's 1857-10-9].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11617

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[21 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.209
Summary:

Is preparing a new edition of Outlines Astr., and would like to know from WL the status of each of the satellites of Uranus and Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-M57-10-21

From:
Wilhelm Sonder
To:
Johannes Roeper
Date:
21 October 1857
Source of text:
Universitätsarchivs Rostock; Prom. med. 7, 1857/58; Müller, Ferdinand
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-57-10-22

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Charles MacMahon
Date:
22 October 1857
Source of text:
Unit 1, VPRS 1199 Chief Commissioner's inward correspondence, VA 724 Victoria Police, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Faraday3346

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

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7073

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 October 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.303
Summary:

Will send the proofs. Has heard all about JH's ancestor [Hercules]. Miss Louisa has committed manslaughter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2158

From:
Bernard Peirce Brent
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Oct 1857
Source of text:
DAR 160: 299
Summary:

Discusses the difficulties of breeding mules by crossing canaries and finches.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-57-10-23

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
David Moore
Date:
23 October 1857
Source of text:
No. 5452, unit 3, p. 238, 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-57-10-23a

From:
George Francis
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
23 October 1857
Source of text:
GRG/70/1/1 Letter book of the Botanic Gardens Committee, State Records, South Australia
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-2157

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[23 Oct 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 214
Summary:

Return of books.

JDH coming to Down.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1447

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
23 oct 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/32; MS JT/1/TYP/12/3942, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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