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FVM-58-02-05a

From:
Thomas Balmain
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
5 February 1858
Source of text:
No. 58/265, unit 4, p. 450, 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

Herschel7099

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[1858-2-6 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.219
Summary:

Still worrying about where does the day begin?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12958

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[6 February 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0370; Reel 1054
Summary:

[Extract] Learned that JH was appointed by R.S.L. to committee to cooperate with B.A.A.S. to promote continuance of terrestrial magnetism survey. Asks ES to send committee summary of results already obtained and ES's opinion of how best to conduct future observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2380

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[6 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23:222
Summary:

JH's improved health would allow him, if asked, to chair the Chemical Section at the B.A.A.S meeting. Notes that JH, G. B. Airy, William Whewell, and George Peacock have been appointed to a committee to cooperate with the B.A.A.S. committee dealing with the continuation of terrestrial magnetism observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1489

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Feb. 6th 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/239, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-58-02-06

From:
Thomas Balmain
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
6 February 1858
Source of text:
No. 58/289, unit 4, p. 457, 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

Herschel9497

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
6 February [1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.242
Summary:

Dined yesterday in company with David Livingstone who would like to visit JH at Collingwood. Has been much impressed with Livingstone.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7081

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.309
Summary:

Queries on what meridian the year began. Returned a book to the R.S.L., which had been away for many years. Believes the R.S.L. Library was expurgated between 1734 and 1740.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2211

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Date:
7 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.150)
Summary:

Thanks GHKT for letter on plant acclimatisation and variation among alpine and lowland forms in Ceylon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1490

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hist
Date:
8th. February 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/642; MS JT/1/HTYP/508-9, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-2212

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
9 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 223
Summary:

Six volumes of Candolle’s Prodromus confirm rule that small genera vary less than large. Labiatae an exception to rule.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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JHC1056

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
William Mitten
Date:
9?-2-1858
Source of text:
WILLIAM MITTEN LETTERS MIT f.144-144a, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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FVM-M58-02-10

From:
John Moore
To:
Robert Brough Smyth
Date:
10 February 1858
Source of text:
No. 301, unit 2, VPRS 1187 outward correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Faraday3390

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Fourth Duke of Northumberland
Date:
10 February 1858
Source of text:
IET MS SC 3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3391

From:
Peter Henry Berthon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 February 1858
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/79
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-2213

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Feb 1858
Source of text:
DAR 181: 22
Summary:

Bees’ cells. Observations on Osmia atricapilla.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7082

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.310
Summary:

Further regarding the meridian on which the year began and various times throughout the world.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2214

From:
William Balfour Baikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Feb 1858
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 260
Summary:

Describes some species of fauna peculiar to Fernando Po. The ocean currents make it unlikely that animals have been floated to the little islands [off the west coast of Africa].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2215

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
11 [Feb 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 22
Summary:

Writes of domestic matters

and asks WED to observe cart-horses for traces of dark stripes on spine and cross-stripes on shoulder.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel11568

From:
David Livingstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.486
Summary:

Regrets he will be unable to visit JH. Had a great desire to see him after the success of JH's suggestions for his last expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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