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Herschel1304

From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.87d
Summary:

Announces a meeting of the Ball Committee to be held at Cranbrook.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1953

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Hector Tyndale
Date:
Dec. 17th / 1862
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1446; MS JT/1/TYP/1644-8, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-3865

From:
John Scott
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Dec [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 177: 80
Summary:

Thanks for Journal of researches and Origin.

Thanks CD for comments on his fern paper [see 3847 and 3853]; has great difficulty in expressing his ideas.

Discusses inheritance and variation.

Asks CD for an account of the experiments he would like JS to perform.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel4174

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[17 December 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.399
Summary:

Concerned over the fact the retiring pension for John Russell does not provide for his wife and children.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11271

From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.164
Summary:

About the procedures WL uses when observing, and the responsibilities of an assistant.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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