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From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 October 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0526.10; Reel 1093
Summary:

Proper procedure for communicating with Charles Grey. Cost and effectiveness of self-registering instruments versus older visual instruments. ES's method of estimating observatory expenses. Importance of observatory in Shanghai.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Moore
Date:
31 October 1859
Source of text:
M59/11126, 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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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Nicholson
Date:
31 October 1859
Source of text:
L59/11028, 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:
Henry W. Field
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 October 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.219
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's testimonial, which will doubtless be of great value.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
31 [Oct 1859]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.175)
Summary:

Further discussion of origin of domestic dog breeds.

Effects of crossing separate races.

Comments on rate of artificial and natural selection.

The origin of pigeon breeds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
William Hallowes Miller
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c.31 October 1859
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.19
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
William Thomson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
31 October 1859
Source of text:
NUL MS Misc 48
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project