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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Frederick McCoy
Date:
28 August 1859
Source of text:
RB MSS M35, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[28 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.273
Summary:

Thanks for some verses; comments on the current state of Indian religious society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 August 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0526.8; Reel 1093
Summary:

Notified Richard Owen that Kew observatory is ready to receive trainees for magnetic observations. Stewart Balfour estimates six weeks to train observers, who will then take instruments and leave for British Columbia or Shanghai. New observatory at University of Mississippi in U.S. American Association for the Advancement of Science has expressed interest in magnetic survey. Success in photographing sunspots, which R. C. Carrington and Warren de La Rue will supervise. Recent observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
29th Aug. 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/518, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Norton Shaw
Date:
[29 August 1859]
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society
Summary:

Returns proof for JH's ['On a New Projection of the Sphere']. Requests 25 copies when printed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Crookes
Date:
[30 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.311 (C: RS:HS 23.270)
Summary:

Sends spectra obtained by Ioduret of potassium. Gives details of his latest photographic experiments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 August 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Discusses a telescope ordered for C. A. von Steinheil of Munich and the design of WR's glass polishing machine. Mentions visit by Thomas Maclear. Kew Telescope produces photos of sunspots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
James Morton
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
31 August 1859
Source of text:
M59/9320, 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
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
31 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.58–59)
Summary:

Sheets [of Origin] up to p. 240 are ready. Asks how many copies and how soon JM will publish. Hopes as soon as possible because of his health. Bitterly disappointed at delay he has caused.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 August 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Discusses installation of a 4-ft. aperture equatorial telescope. Describes plans for a glass polishing machine in great detail.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project