From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
26 July 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/132, Royal Society
Summary:
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Contributor:
Royal Society
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Continues opposed to application to government to support the 'Great Southern Reflector' [see JH's 1849-10-27]; responds to a number of specific queries about the construction of such a telescope.
Thanks for several papers; JH describes article on telescopes he has prepared for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Discusses the possibility of a large reflecting telescope being constructed for observation of the southern heavens.
Thanks TR for his paper on magnetism and his article on speculae. Discusses [J. P.] Gassiot's work on galvanic stratification. JH's health is better.