From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.304
Summary:
JH's letter of recommendation for C. P. Smyth misdirected. Little time remains for nomination.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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JH's letter of recommendation for C. P. Smyth misdirected. Little time remains for nomination.
Thanks JH for advice on several persons and for suggestion concerning the Leviathan. Remarks on R. C. Carrington's circumpolar star work. Writes to R.S.L. Council concerning François Arago's nomination for medal.
Asks JH to recommend C. P. Smyth for R.S.L. fellowship. Will avoid R.S.L. meetings due to declining health. Considers a second edition of Cycle of Celestial Objects.
Thanks JH for discovering an important error in a work WS asked him to proof read. Asks JH about a variable in Canis Minor over which there is some debate.