From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[11 April 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.47 (C: RS:HS 25.9.22)
Summary:
Does not possess enough knowledge of F. W. Bessel's writing to compose more than a brief obituary on him. Would like RS to help [A. B.] Orlebar of the Bombay Observatory by providing a corresponding observation of the occultation of alpha Virginis on 19 January.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project