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Herschel7016

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.263
Summary:

The book on the coinage of England in the 1670s is by one William Jeake. Comments on the diversity of coins available at that date and how their values changed by proclamation. Should the present coinage be decimalized he hopes the half crown will be withdrawn.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000757

From:
Thomas Bell
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
c. March 1853
Source of text:
MM/12/77, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000756

From:
Thomas Bell
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
12 March 1853
Source of text:
MM/12/76, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel14549

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 March 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.9; Reel 1093
Summary:

[Marked 'Confidential.'] JH's reaction to paper was precisely what CT felt. Plans to communicate it to no one else.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3870

From:
Charles Piazzi Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.233
Summary:

Sends photographs of Great Dragon and the Ice Cavern in Teneriffe. Notes that images are finer when glass plates are used.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1639

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
1 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 5
Summary:

Discusses WED’s affairs and events at Down.

Writes of the benefits of reading.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1506

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
8 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A21–A24
Summary:

CD has been reassured about his "speculation" in Mr Warren’s company. Thanks JSH for his advice and trouble.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1506F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Salt
Date:
15 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA D3651/B/47/2/30)
Summary:

Thanks for finding a purchaser for the Shrewsbury Street Act securities and encloses the Transfers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1507

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
19 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.104)
Summary:

Objects to early deadline for submitting manuscript [of Living Cirripedia 2 (1854)]. Discusses illustrations by G. B. Sowerby [Jr].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1507F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Wigley
Date:
21 Mar 1853
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA D3651/B/47/2/30)
Summary:

Encloses the transfer, signed and witnessed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1508

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
24 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.105)
Summary:

Volcanic activity of Mt Kilauea as described by Dana [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 9 (1850): 347–64]. Discusses the mechanics of volcanic eruption. Disputes view of William Hopkins that simultaneous action by volcanoes of different heights must come from separate lava sources. Notes relationship of continental elevation to volcanic action.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1509

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Albany Hancock
Date:
30 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Thanks AH for assistance. Compares Alcippe to South American boring cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1510

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
31 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A52
Summary:

Would like to meet JSH in London.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0737

From:
Emil du Bois-Reymond
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
22 Maerz 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/D/145, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-53-03-09

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Lonsdale
Date:
9 March 1853
Source of text:
A53/2892, unit 408, VPRS 3991 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel13857

From:
Frederick Waymouth Gibbs
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
10 March [1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0205; Reel 1087
Summary:

Arranges visit to Royal Mint for Prince Albert Edward and Prince Alfred.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13858

From:
Frederick Waymouth Gibbs
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
16] March [1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0206; Reel 1087
Summary:

Prince Albert has postponed visit to Royal Mint for two princes until after Easter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1794

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0636.7 (C: RGO 6.349.16)
Summary:

Does not believe that the technical weights of the Bank of England should be given the same legal status as primary, and official, weights, measures, and coinage [see GA's 1853-2-11].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel549

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 March 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.18
Summary:

Wants to visit the Royal Mint; the coinage/weight question is more complex than GA imagined [see GA's 1853-3-15]; seeks JH's opinion on part of a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel553

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 March 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.349.30
Summary:

Understands JH's position [see JH's 1853-3-26]; expects the report will be taken to Parliament.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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