From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry De Worms
Date:
[24 November 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.433 (C: 23.397)
Summary:
Comments on HW's The Earth and Its Mechanism. HW erred by taking at face value François Arago's 'enormous blunder' of proving rotation from diurnal aberration.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project