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DCP-LETT-4711

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet
Date:
9 Dec 1864
Source of text:
CUL (George Stokes papers, Add. 7656 H1386)
Summary:

THH rejects GGS’s charges. Chides him with possibility that if he substituted "Falconer" for "Busk" he might have done it also for "excluded" and "omitted".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7807

From:
James Thomas Walker
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.15
Summary:

Sent JH 'Index Chart' of Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. Compares five triangulation methods: longitudinal series, George Everest's, G. B. Airy's, that of JH's son John, and minimum squares. JH's son and bride avoided cyclone that destroyed Calcutta Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4327

From:
Peter Guthrie Tait
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.425a
Summary:

Sends, at the request of William Thomson, articles from North British Review on the topic of energy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13621

From:
T. P. Anderson and J. H. Shonbridge
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 December 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0006; Reel 1062
Summary:

H. J. Hollier asked General Reversionary and Investment Company (Anderson's clients) for another advance from Hollier Trust Fund. As trustee, JH is asked to sign and return enclosed receipt.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall2190

From:
William Frederick Pollock
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
9th Dec. / 64
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/234; MS JT/1/TYP/6/2034, RI
Summary:

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Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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