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Herschel13202

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Wrottesley
Date:
[24 March 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0509; Reel 1055 (C: RS:HS 25.15.8)
Summary:

Commends JW's application for Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford [see JW's 1839-3-22]. But it is improper for JH to propose JW unless asked to do so by R.A.S. council.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel8597

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Johann Franz Encke
Date:
[24 March 1839]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Encke 49
Summary:

Asks JE to express JH's gratitude to the Royal Academy of Berlin for electing JH a foreign member. Discusses JE's observations of divisions in the ring of Saturn, JH's sightings of Saturn's satellites, the British Antarctic expedition, and comets.

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John Herschel Project
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