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Tyndall0578

From:
Anne Edmondson
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/2/6/80, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel14487

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.24; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH and H. D. Harness may call on CT at Treasury whenever convenient.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14488

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 November 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.25; Reel 1093
Summary:

Will seek approval from Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] for JH's new arrangement to pay Mint police.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14489

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.26; Reel 1093
Summary:

Annual pension for G. F. G. Mathison was fixed by Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] at 'Fourteen Hundred Pounds (1200£).' JH and Henry Rich should submit formal report on this matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14490

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 November 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.27; Reel 1093
Summary:

CT delays answering JH's letter of 3 Nov. 1851 until JH submits report on financial impact of changes in Engraving department after death of William Wyon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14491

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.28; Reel 1093
Summary:

What public service will L. C. Wyon render that justifies Wyon's annual salary of £400? Compares this with duties and salary of Benedetto Pistrucci. Suggests retaining Wyon at present salary of £200 and paying separately for piecework.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13582

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 November 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 42
Summary:

Treasury commissioners approved JH's plan to eliminate Engraving department [see JH's 1851-11-4]. Benedetto Pistrucci and L. C. Wyon will receive fixed salaries and housing allowances as nonresident modelers and engravers to Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14492

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0551.29; Reel 1093
Summary:

Grateful for JH's correction of CT's error in pension for G. F. G. Mathison [see CT's 1851-11-14]. This was CT's first such error in 25 years of public service.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-51-11-10

From:
Charles Stuart
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
10 November 1851
Source of text:
RB MSS M36, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.For a summary of this letter see Daley (1935) pp. 154-6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel14613

From:
Charles Wood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0596; Reel 1086
Summary:

Asks JH to join CW at meeting with governor of Bank of England [Thomson Hankey] on Monday to discuss coining matters. Thanks for JH's letters on quicksilver and on coinage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14614

From:
Charles Wood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 November 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0597; Reel 1086
Summary:

Accepts JH's argument against coining gold dollar, but feels that two-dollar gold piece is needed. Reports plan to build mint in New South Wales. U.S. will establish mint in California.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6360

From:
Christian C. J. Bunsen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.125
Summary:

JH's letter has already gone to Alexander von Humboldt, who has been waiting to hear from him. The fourth volume of Cosmos.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1267F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Richardson
Date:
4 Nov [1851]
Source of text:
J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (26–7 June 2007)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1461F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Salt
Date:
4 Nov 1851
Source of text:
Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018
Summary:

Returns the enclosed parchment.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1461

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup
Date:
4 Nov [1851]
Source of text:
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (NKS 3460 4to)
Summary:

Asks for reference to publication about Xenobalanus.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1462

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
22 Nov [1851]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 14)
Summary:

Proposes to send THH vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0559

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 6/51
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/4, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel2363

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.234
Summary:

Read JH's Admiralty Manual meteorology article. Disagrees with statement regarding barometer and pressure of dry atmosphere. Discusses atmosphere and barometer at some length.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Tyndall0571

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 24./51
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/6, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0572

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 24./51
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/5, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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