From:
Hermann Kindt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 July 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.37
Summary:
Thanks JH for his letter and package of his writings.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Thanks JH for his letter and package of his writings.
Cites various celestial appearances as a basis for concluding that the Milky Way takes the form, not of a disk or ring, but of a series of convolutions. Urges that the nebulae form part of the Milky Way rather than being separate universes, as many had suggested. Asks JH to critique these ideas.