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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
9 October 1838
Source of text:
RS MS HS 7.180
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.71
Summary:

Announces the measurement of the annual parallax of 61 Cygni.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the London Times
Date:
[9 October 1838]
Source of text:
London Times (Oct. 10, 1838), p. 5, col. 4
Summary:

[Responding to a suggestion for a fund campaign aimed at refurbishing William Herschel's 40-foot reflector], JH suggests that it would not be practical to reestablish this telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.180
Summary:

Esteems it a great honor to receive JH's request. Has searched through all his papers but has a spare copy only of the Third series. Is thinking of reprinting the whole series in one volume.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project