From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Johann Franz Encke
Date:
[24 March 1839]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Encke 49
Summary:
Asks JE to express JH's gratitude to the Royal Academy of Berlin for electing JH a foreign member. Discusses JE's observations of divisions in the ring of Saturn, JH's sightings of Saturn's satellites, the British Antarctic expedition, and comets.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project