From:
John Theophilus Boileau
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1840]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0108; Reel 1087
Summary:
Loading scientific instruments aboard ship [Anshimy?] tomorrow prevents JB from visiting JH before departure. Missed annual R.A.S. meeting. Book of 'Observations' is nearly finished. Told [J. C.] Melvill that instruments in India were not adequate for observations of astronomical refractions.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project