From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
23 Feb 1846
Source of text:
HS 16.353, RS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
No summary available.
Delighted that her paper was read at Royal Society. Discusses discovery of new planet [Neptune], and the future. Asks about his work.
Double star orbits not ready; R.A.S. waiting for JH's new calculating method. Reads accounts of Biela's Comet. Describes Edinburgh Observatory in detail.