From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Peter Brougham
Date:
[1827-7-1 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.306 (C: 20.260)
Summary:
Further reasons why he cannot accept the position of Professor at London University.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Further reasons why he cannot accept the position of Professor at London University.
Declines the offer of the Professorship of Higher Mathematics at the University of London. Wishes to have time to devote to research.
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].