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DCP-LETT-4168F

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 and 20 May 1863
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 16)
Summary:

Alarmed that CD did not see what WED saw in Corydalis lutea. Has found buckbean in the New Forest. Will get seeds of Corydalis claviculata.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7703

From:
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1863]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.8.15; Reel 10
Summary:

Is writing to clarify some earlier information about a list of nebulae that he had sent to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11808

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.168
Summary:

Grateful for the efforts of JH and his fellow astronomers in England for the continuation of TM's pension. Busy unpacking valuable library of Sir George Grey presented to the Cape. Details of his recent observations of stars. Weather has been bad. Surface of the object glass of transit circle is badly corroded. Sailor son is well again.

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John Herschel Project
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