From:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.77
Summary:
Sends two copies of his own General Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism, one for JH and one for the R.S.L.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Sends two copies of his own General Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism, one for JH and one for the R.S.L.
Pleased to hear that the magnetic observations are to be continued for a further three years. Mode of conducting observations in some foreign observatories would seem to need improvement. Has made a series of observations of magnetic inclination, which will be published in the sixth volume of Resultate.