From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Cam Hobhouse
Date:
[4 June 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0194; Reel 1054
Summary:
Received Hobhouse's letter of 27 May with reply from H.E.I.C. board of directors regarding establishment of magnetic observatories in India. D. F. J. Arago recommends additional station on Socotra Island [in Gulf of Aden].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project