From:
John S. Harris
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1871]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.162
Summary:
Queries regarding the red glow seen during an eclipse of the sun.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Queries regarding the red glow seen during an eclipse of the sun.
Would like his views on the correct definition of a billion, to settle an argument.
Thanks RP for sending RP's Sun. Suggests a theory that the solar corona, rather than originating in the earth's atmosphere, is produced by reflection from meteoric dust. Informs RP that he has completed a catalogue of all observations of double stars.