From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[15 April 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.11.7
Summary:
Makes some amendments in JH's request for information [see JH's 1845-4-6].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Makes some amendments in JH's request for information [see JH's 1845-4-6].
Asks JH's opinion on a paper on magnetism by Karl Reichenbach, which has some 'very extraordinary' statements.
Will direct JH's 14 Apr. letter to Prince Metternich.
Seeks GA's assistance in solving a puzzle in the mathematics of rotating bodies.
[Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation is shallow and full of errors. Tells AS not to spare it when he reviews it. Discusses various topics including the nebular hypothesis, P. S. Laplace, central heat in gravitation, and the density of planets. Also, the 'nonsensical calculations' of Auguste Comte's astronomy.