From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 July 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.69
Summary:
Wishes JH well at the Cape; describes some of his current observations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Wishes JH well at the Cape; describes some of his current observations.
Welcomes JH back from Cape; includes results of FB's work on geodesical measurements in East Prussia.
Announces the measurement of the annual parallax of 61 Cygni.
Responds to concerns about effect of temperature on measurement of stellar parallax [see JH'S 1838-10-24]; comments on other observations.
Sending JH some writings on geodesic measurements; reports the second measurement of annual parallax of 61 Cygni; comments on some other observations.