From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.116
Summary:
Is ready to hear that he is to have a visit from Willie Herschel. Regrets he cannot entertain friends as he used to. Has been laid up with ill-health. Would like information on how to prepare a chemical precipitate as that forming the sun's surface. Warren de La Rue has written to him.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project