From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[16 June 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.25; Reel 1055
Summary:
Compares quality of silver in dollars and in [Turkish] piasters.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 June 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.335.50
Summary:
Assesses most of the candidates for the mathematics professorship at Melbourne University [see GA's 1854-6-13].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 June 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.335.52
Summary:
Is swamped with the demands of the Melbourne University professor search [see JH's 1854-6-16] and major upheavals at the Mint.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1854-6-16 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0597; Reel 1089
Summary:
Reports assay results of British coins minted in Turkey.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 June 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.335.55
Summary:
Sends acknowledgment for meeting date and receipt of letters [see JH's 1854-6-17].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Friday June 17th. 1854
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/344, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[17 June 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.335.54
Summary:
Clears up confusion about one candidate for the Melbourne University professorship by realizing there are two with the same last name [see JH's 1854-6-16].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
18 June 1854
Source of text:
MM/19/2, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
20 Juni 54
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/11, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[J. F. Julius?] Schmidt
Date:
[20 June 1854]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Philos.182
Summary:
Has received [J]S's letter and testimonial
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[20 June 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.335.56
Summary:
Sends some new, negative information about one of the prime candidates for a Melbourne University professorship [see JH's 1854-6-17].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 June 1854]
Source of text:
RGO 6.335.58
Summary:
Must use the information available, and so need to select the next candidate in line for the Melbourne University professorship [see JH's 1854-6-20].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[21 June 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0699; Reel 1089
Summary:
Returns letter of 5 June 1854 from Commissary General William Filder to Treasury. Reports value of five Turkish coins relative to English gold standard.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[21 June 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.26; Reel 1055
Summary:
Failure of Treasury to notify Bank [of England] about appointment of R. F. Suft as new registrar and accountant to Mint is creating problems with signing checks. Further analysis of silver in dollars.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mocatta & Goldsmid
Date:
21 June [1854?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0265; Reel 1054
Summary:
Orders £20,000 of [silver] pieces, to be delivered Saturday or Monday.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[22 June 1854]
Source of text:
JHS 1.29
Summary:
Family news such as the death of Mrs. Knowles [servant?], JH took Margaret Louisa dancing, the school progress of John and Alexander, and comments about the Crimean War.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 June 1854]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 14/3.18; Reel 11
Summary:
Computation of Alpha Centauri's angle and distance, derived with JH's 'graphical method.' Compares this with results by other astronomers.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[23 June 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0700; Reel 1089
Summary:
Large accumulation of coins since gold coinage was suspended. Recommends pyx trial to certify new coins.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24 June 1854]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 202–4
Summary:
Birth of JDH’s second child.
Asks CD’s view of "highness" and "lowness" in animals. Gives his own for plants; extent of deviation from type, e.g., floral parts deviating from leaf.
Reading B. C. Brodie’s Psychological inquiries [1854].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
June 24/54
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/91; MS JT/1/TYP/2/498, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project