From:
James Joseph Sylvester
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.161
Summary:
Thanks for memoirs sent.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Thanks for memoirs sent.
After he started his calculation on the spheroid he found that several persons had already worked on it. Is sending his own paper on this subject under separate cover.