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Herschel6833

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Warren de La Rue
Date:
[8 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.284
Summary:

Further questions about the physical optics of telescopes [see JH's 1859-8-27].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-59-11-09

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Nicholson
Date:
9 November 1859
Source of text:
L59/11365, 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-59-11-09a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Nicholson
Date:
9 November 1859
Source of text:
M59/11471, 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

Tyndall1645

From:
Lyon Playfair
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
9th Nov/59.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/117; MS JT/TYP/3/985, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel11563

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Cornewall Lewis
Date:
[9 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.480 & 23.285
Summary:

Recommending J. D. Forbes as a suitable person for the appointment of Principal at the University of St. Andrews.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3276

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[9 November 1859]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 167
Summary:

Wishes JF success and rest in his new position [at St. Andrews].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4299

From:
Adam and Charles Black
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Questions concerning the manuscript of JH's Telescope. Will send proofs to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-59-11-10a

From:
Charles Pasley
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
10 November 1859
Source of text:
No. 59/3697, unit 4, p. 257, VPRS 975/P2 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-59-11-10

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Moore
Date:
10 November 1859
Source of text:
L59/11370, 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

Herschel1395

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.38
Summary:

Comments about reflective power of metals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1396

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.39
Summary:

Further comments on subject of GS's 1859-11-10; comments on several experiments involving light and color.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1116

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
10 November 1859
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 16
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Tyndall1646

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Lyon Playfair
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1126; MS JT/1/TYP/3/986, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel3426

From:
Maurice Drummond
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1859]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 174
Summary:

Announces appointment of James D. Forbes to the Principalship of the United College at St. Andrews.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9646

From:
Samuel Fry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.385
Summary:

Fears his last letter may have gone astray owing to incomplete address. Will send off the photo of the moon on Saturday. Explains what he means by seven days of difference. Has also taken many photographs of the planets, which he will be pleased to send for his perusal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel857

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1859]
Source of text:
JHS 4.9
Summary:

Of the comings and goings of some of their daughters in London; other family matters, including finances.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8646

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1859]
Source of text:
Paul Luther
Summary:

Offers to show JH his observatory and the polishing apparatus he uses. Comments on various telescope makers, especially Andrew Ross.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2519

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 276)
Summary:

Sends copy of Origin.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2523

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alphonse de Candolle
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection)
Summary:

Sends Origin as testimony to great benefit CD derived from AdeC’s works on distribution.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14843

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 November 1859]
Source of text:
TxU
Summary:

Sending CD's new book, The Origin of Species. Acknowledges CD's deep obligation to JH's Prelim. Discourse. 'Scarcely anything in my life made so deep an impression on me....'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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