From:
Dr. Groskopf
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.147
Summary:
Is searching for a Robert Georg Twaddel; asks JH whether he knows anything of him.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Is searching for a Robert Georg Twaddel; asks JH whether he knows anything of him.
Approves naming the new planet Neptune and continued designation of JH's father's planet as Uranus. Suggests reasons and alternatives.
About the lunar model made by WW, and being considered for purchase [see JH's 1846-2-20].