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DCP-LETT-1086

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[6 May 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 91
Summary:

CD defends his position on submarine coal formation and coal-plants against JDH’s strong objections.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1986

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
6 May 1847
Source of text:
RGO 6/451, f.230
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3720

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[1847-5-6 or earlier
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.63 (C: RS:HS 25.9.38)
Summary:

Has the papers by [Thomas] Henderson but they do not contain much information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3721

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[6 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.64 (C: RS:HS 25.9.39)
Summary:

On a puzzling aspect of [Thomas] Henderson's papers. One column in his tables seems to have been altered in someone else's handwriting. Wants to know the origin of these corrections, and how Henderson's tables ought to be printed. Offers several options.

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John Herschel Project
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