From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.291
Summary:
GP informs JH how gratified Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) was by JH's letter [see JH's 1838-6-19].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
GP informs JH how gratified Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) was by JH's letter [see JH's 1838-6-19].
Last year he sent the diploma of the Academy of Sciences of Stockholm of which JH had been elected a member. Introduces J. A. Wahlberg, who is coming to the Cape.
WW sends JH some of the results of his magnetic observations. WW comments on the involvement of Carl F. Gauss in the work on terrestrial magnetism and urges JH, on his upcoming visit to Hanover, to make a point of seeing Gauss at Göttingen.