From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[5 July 1839]
Source of text:
WT 67390.1
Summary:
Is sending FA information about magnetic proceedings.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Is sending FA information about magnetic proceedings.
Did Académie des Sciences agree to R.S.L. request for magnetic observatory in Algiers? Stresses importance of multinational cooperation. Details of planned global survey of earth's magnetic field. Encloses list of observations needed from Paris.
Regarding L. J. M. Daguerre's photographic experiments.
Requests FA's assistance in efforts toward establishing magnetic observatories. Especially recommends an observatory at Algiers. Communication from the R.S.L. will arrive shortly. Comments on biography of William Herschel written by J. B. J. Fourier.