From:
Joseph Ellison Portlock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.178
Summary:
Asks JH to sign a document relating to Col. Gelland [?].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Asks JH to sign a document relating to Col. Gelland [?].
Sending his work on optics. Comments on their mutual work in this field.
Sends a riddle. Has added a stanza. Does not credit the story of [T. C.?] Jansen's children. Comments on Roger Bacon's telescope.
Hopes he is well as he has not heard from him for a long time. Sends his own theories regarding the composition of force.
Would like JH's support for his candidature for the R.S.L.