From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Warren de La Rue
Date:
[4 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.163 & 24.73
Summary:
Thanks for the diary and pocket book. Sees that A. V. Guillemin has published an illustrated Astronomy [Le ciel (Paris, 1864)]. Thinks there is scope for publishing a volume of engravings of astronomical objects. Gives his own idea for the construction of a photometer.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project