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From:
Thomas Phillipps
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
13 March 1850
Source of text:
Bod MS Phillipps-Robinson e.385, f.65r-66v
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Faraday Project
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Thanks for [?]'s kindness shown to JH's son [?] in visit to Mr. Peter's observatory. [?]'s friends 'the Wrenches' are well.
Asks JH about RP's astronomical deductions concerning the ancient dates of five celestial phenomena, e.g., heliacal rising of Sirius, a new moon.