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FVM-59-08-24

From:
Clement Hodgkinson
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
24 August 1859
Source of text:
Unit 3, p. 336, VPRS 7935/P1, outward letterbooks to the general public, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-2482

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
24 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Sorry to hear of AS’s poor health.

Would like to attend Aberdeen meeting [BAAS, 1859] but is unfit for so great an exertion. Has been told he has "suppressed gout".

Pleased that AS remembers their 1831 geological trip, which made CD appreciate the noble science of geology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel28

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[24 August 1859]
Source of text:
RGO 6.377.444
Summary:

Responds to GA's account of his tour [see GA's 1859-8-13] with interest, and adds a description of JH's poor health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11803

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.163
Summary:

Relates his experiences while visiting the Paris Observatory with G. B. Airy. Later travelled to Brussels to meet L. A. J. Quetelet. Is now preparing for a visit to Ireland and Mrs. Maclear will go to Bedfordshire. The meteorological observations [of the Cape] are to be printed in England under the direction of Robert FitzRoy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14730

From:
[Paul Sinnis?]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.9; Reel 1083
Summary:

Announces meeting of Council at Marishal College, Aberdeen on 14 Sept.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14729

From:
[Paul Sinnis]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0921.8; Reel 1083
Summary:

Announces meeting of Kew Committee at Observatory on 29 Aug.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2483

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
25 [Aug 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 47
Summary:

Writes of a visit to Leith Hill and WED’s injured ankle.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-59-08-25

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
David Wilkie
Date:
25 August 1859
Source of text:
MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2075/5, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-59-08-25c

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Moore
Date:
25 August 1859
Source of text:
L59/8768, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered 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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FVM-59-08-25a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
25 August 1859
Source of text:
L59/8756, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered 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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FVM-59-08-25b

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
25 August 1859
Source of text:
L59/8756, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered 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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Faraday3635

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Thomson
Date:
25 August 1859
Source of text:
TNA PRO30 / 69 / 949
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-59-08-26

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Charles Tyers
Date:
26 August 1859
Source of text:
No. 59/1731, unit 29, VPRS 6605 inward correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel4855

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.242 (C: RGO 6.377.446)
Summary:

Regarding the geographical position of places in France. Comments on JH's paper on light and colors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6569

From:
William Crookes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.312
Summary:

Regrets that the article was received too late to appear in the current number. Will send a proof in a day or so. Would like to print some illustrations for JH's articles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel865

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[27 August 1859]
Source of text:
JHS 4.18
Summary:

Writes about the activities of several family members, and then comments on the location of a railway extension, which will come closer to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel866

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1859-8-27 or later]
Source of text:
JHS 4.17
Summary:

Talks about the beauty of the flowers at Collingwood, and then comments on his Essays Q.E.R.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6832

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Warren de La Rue
Date:
[27 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.272
Summary:

Requests information about specula for telescopes, especially silvered glass ones.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11619

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Lassell
Date:
[27 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.271
Summary:

Asks for details of WL's system of speculum polishing and telescope construction as JH is preparing an article on telescopes for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3636

From:
William Thomson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
27 August 1859
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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