From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Date:
[2 February 1867]
Source of text:
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Proceedings, 6 (1867), 91-3 & Revu
Summary:
Notes that JH had pointed out the perpendicularity of the direction of wind to the direction of a wavefront's advance. Encourages research on the causes of such meteorological phenomena.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project