From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[2 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.221
Summary:
Questions the exact beginning of the year 1857, and offers 'Old King Cole' in Latin.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Questions the exact beginning of the year 1857, and offers 'Old King Cole' in Latin.
Riddles, Latin nursery rhymes, and an eclipse description.
About insects JH's children caught and photographed; on a book on harmonics.
Errors to be corrected in a new edition of one of JH's writings, including spelling AD's name in the French way.
On the definition of an island, and an invitation to lecture about a comet.
About biographical information on George Peacock.
Still worrying about where does the day begin?
Is AD interested in the Lowndean Professorship at Cambridge?