From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.203
Summary:
Announces second volume of translation of JH's Light is out in Paris. Is sending a copy. Work progresses slowly. Problems because of revolution. AQ's collaborator [P. F.] Verhulst is very ill. Will leave for Italy soon. Discusses his previous trip to Germany. Saw [William] Whewell. Has received Astronomical Society's memoirs.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project