From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Pierre Simon Laplace
Date:
[21 December 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.101 & 20.159
Summary:
Introducing William Whewell, who will be visiting Paris.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Introducing William Whewell, who will be visiting Paris.
Has just heard that the ship carrying JL's clock arrived at Hamburg on the 5th. Gives the name of the Bank to which payment is to be made. Has used his Theory of Comets in a paper.
Requests that HS look for a shipment of a clock and send it on to J. J. Littrow, and inform the maker in London, Robert Molyneux, that HS has done this. JH sends along John Pond's catalogue of star position differences.
Regarding the Cambridge affair. Has had a letter from the Edinburgh Society of Arts.
Gives advice on WW's planned trip to Europe. Asks WW to contact various scientists there on JH's behalf.