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From:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.102; Reel 9
Summary:

Will call for JH's [Cape Results] when in London. One of WP's assistants reported ring around Neptune last winter, but WP is skeptical. Instruments idle for nine months. WP too busy with [Irish famine] relief. Wrote to T. R. Robinson to find competent assistant.

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John Herschel Project