From:
Georg F. J. A. Auwers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.426
Summary:
Will visit JH at Collingwood on Friday.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Will visit JH at Collingwood on Friday.
Invitation to attend the wedding of JH's daughter Amelia.
Sending details of the atmosphere being affected by the new moon. Has not regularly received his astronomical notices owing to a fault in the address. News of scientific happenings in Australia.
Has received his translation of Inferno safely, and it has been greatly admired by competent judges. Weather has been very bad. He can keep the extract from the Examiner.
Comments on son John's spectroscopic and telescopic observations, and encourages observing a particular nebula, as it has been reported as having changed shape since JH observed it in the 1830's.
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