From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander von Humboldt
Date:
[11 February 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.84
Summary:
Answers questions raised by AH in his 1850-1-19 [letter contains notes made by AH].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Answers questions raised by AH in his 1850-1-19 [letter contains notes made by AH].
Offers some information on 'Coal Sacks' in Southern Cross [see AH's 1850-7-31]. Happy to hear that volume 3 of Kosmos is near completion.
Queries regarding JH's star lists. Sending magnetic information from A. T. Kupffer. Regarding the distribution of nebulae.
Is grateful for his constructive letter on the Coal Sack. Regarding the work of the Schlaginweit brothers.
News of the astronomical activities of his colleagues. Astronomical queries.
Astronomical queries, with particular reference to the Coal Sack. [Probably to JH, but unclear from letter.]