From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
26 July 1850
Source of text:
MM/16/132, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
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Continues opposed to application to government to support the 'Great Southern Reflector' [see JH's 1849-10-27]; responds to a number of specific queries about the construction of such a telescope.
Discusses the possibility of a large reflecting telescope being constructed for observation of the southern heavens.