From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James A. Gordon
Date:
[15 August 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.164 & 20.124
Summary:
Wet weather has given him time for letter writing. Spent a week in Paris. Passed through Dijon, and has spent some time at Geneva, where there is a flourishing Philosophical Society. Comments on the meetings. Weather has been bad. Gives a Neapolitan story.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project