From:
Adolph Theodor Kupffer
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
15/27 January 1840
Source of text:
MM/10/39, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
No summary available.
Comments on JH's laying to rest of William Herschel's 40-foot telescope.
Asks about closure of Hertford library and sale of its books; describes his rail journey to Kington area, ecstatic about outdoor pleasures of enjoying nature while land surveying; Chartists are gaining strength, ominous for nation.