From:
Henry Peter Brougham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.307
Summary:
Would like, if he can lay his hands on it, a paper of John Dalton's on the defect of vision.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Would like, if he can lay his hands on it, a paper of John Dalton's on the defect of vision.
Would like JH's view on Thomas Maclear.
Praises in very strong terms and in detail the contributions to astronomy made by Thomas Maclear. Believes Maclear deserves a pension.
[Responding to HB's 1854-3-2], JH states that no manuscript accompanied the collection of colored silks sent to JH by John Dalton. Describes the collection and discusses 'idioptic vision.'
Expresses thanks and praise for HB's Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia [London, 1855].