From:
Charles Rodgers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0458; Reel 1093
Summary:
Demonstrates mathematically that sun's orbit cannot be elliptical.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Demonstrates mathematically that sun's orbit cannot be elliptical.
Corrects error in sun's velocity that CR stated in earlier letter to JH today.
Meeting of the Standards Commission on 16 March.
In response to HS's query [1864-3-1] about the influence of Auguste Comte on English scientists, JH refers HS to JH's 1845 B.A.A.S. presidential address. States that calculating the motion of a projectile through a resisting medium is extremely difficult.