From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.310
Summary:
Sending a paper in which he recommends JH's Prelim. Discourse; it is addressed chiefly to mechanics.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Sending a paper in which he recommends JH's Prelim. Discourse; it is addressed chiefly to mechanics.
Received his letter just as he was about to lecture. Regarding the Institution, there are five or six telescopes in use and G. B. Airy is to deliver lectures, so JH's work may be useful.
Ask JR to advise the Queen to issue Her Royal Commission of Inquiry into the best methods of securing the improvement of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.