From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 July 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-5076
Summary:
Generally approves of Edward Sabine's plan concerning magnetic observatories.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Generally approves of Edward Sabine's plan concerning magnetic observatories.
Asks JH for his impressions of the Aberdeen B.A.A.S. meeting and of U. J. J. Leverrier's claim that there may be an intermercurial planet.
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.
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