From:
Charles Wheatstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.153
Summary:
Seriously ill. Will forward manuscripts to JH by next week.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Seriously ill. Will forward manuscripts to JH by next week.
R.S.L. Physical Committee considering giving Copley medal to W. E. Weber for work in electromagnetism. Does JH concur? Other candidates are F. E. Neumann or A.L. Cauchy in physical optics, and Michael Faraday on condensation of gases. Rumford medal was awarded to H. V. Regnault for work on steam engine.