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FVM-59-10-07a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Horne
Date:
7 October 1859
Source of text:
No. 5889, unit 5, VPRS 963 register of correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria, Australia.Letter not found; item is a register entry only
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Faraday3651

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Fox Burgoyne
Date:
7 October 1859
Source of text:
[Burgoyne] (1860), 47-8
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3654

From:
Armand Masselin
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 October 1859
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/3/98
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3653

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Agnes Crum
Date:
8 October 1859
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/1/49
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-59-10-10

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
David Wilkie
Date:
10 October 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:

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FVM-59-10-10b

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
10 October 1859
Source of text:
No. 10494, vol. 1859 M, VPRS 1168 inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

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FVM-59-10-10c

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
10 October 1859
Source of text:
No. 10425, vol. 1859 M, VPRS 1168 inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

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Faraday3655

From:
James Kenward
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 October 1859
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/3/98
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3656

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
10 October 1859
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/3/98
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-59-10-10a

From:
Rawson Rawson
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
10 October 1859
Source of text:
No. 12102, vol. 1859 L, VPRS 1168 inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

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Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel10130

From:
Robert Grant
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 October 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.17
Summary:

Intends applying for the chair of Practical Astronomy at Glasgow University. Outlines the work he has already done in astronomy. Would like a testimonial from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-536

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
11 October 1859
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 77
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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FVM-59-10-11

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
11 October 1859
Source of text:
M59/10426, 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

DCP-LETT-2503

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
11 Oct [1859]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.172)
Summary:

CL’s comments on Origin. Mentions corrections to last chapter suggested by CL.

Comments on lack of peculiar bird species on Madeira and Bermuda. Emphasises importance of American types in Galapagos.

Denies necessity of continued creation of primitive "Monads".

Denies need for new powers and any principle of improvement.

Discusses gradations of intellectual powers.

Adaptive inferiority and extinction of groups of species and genera.

Asserts that climate is less important than the struggle with other organisms.

Suggests an experiment involving primroses and cowslips.

The chapter on hybridisation.

Rudimentary organs.

Gives opinion of Lamarck’s work.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3657

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Armand Masselin
Date:
11 October 1859
Source of text:
UU EW
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-59-10-12

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Hooker
Date:
12 October 1859
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXV, Australian and Pacific letters 1859-65, letter no. 118
Summary:

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Contributor:
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Tyndall1643

From:
Auguste Balmat
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
le 13 8bre, 59
Source of text:
MS JT/1/B/5, RI
Summary:

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Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-59-10-13

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
13 October 1859
Source of text:
No. 10537, vol. 1859 M, VPRS 1168 inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

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Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-2498

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[14 Oct 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 49
Summary:

Discusses events at Ilkley.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-59-10-14

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
14 October 1859
Source of text:
M59/10522, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

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Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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