From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 October 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0538; Reel 1093
Summary:
Suggests alteration in list of observatories that JH sent to W. S. Stratford. Advises JH to include private astronomers on list also. News of [Elizabeth] Baily. Needs to borrow Francis Baily's apparatus for measuring length.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project