From:
David T. Ansted
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.399
Summary:
Informing him that he has just seen an original portrait of William Herschel in a dealer's shop in Bath.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Informing him that he has just seen an original portrait of William Herschel in a dealer's shop in Bath.
Writes to JH to propose hiring JH's son Alexander for a year to work in CP's laboratory and make observations in CP's observatory.
Asks JH about two publications: [Felix Eberty's anonymous] The Stars and the Earth and J. C. Maxwell's theory of compound colors, WW recommending the latter.