From:
John Williams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.410
Summary:
Acknowledges receipt by R.A.S. of papers relating to William Herschel's observations of double stars.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Acknowledges receipt by R.A.S. of papers relating to William Herschel's observations of double stars.
In Nov. 1864, R.A.S. council instructed secretary Charles Pritchard to write to JH regarding tables by late [W. L.] Newman of York, but JW finds no evidence that Pritchard complied. Cannot find Newman's tables. Pritchard may have taken them.