From:
J. H. Baillie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
10 May [1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.5
Summary:
Was grateful for his letter. News of her aunt's death.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Was grateful for his letter. News of her aunt's death.
Thanks for sending his Physical Geography. Wonders whether a rainbow could be reflected to the eye from water. Startled to read J. R. Hind's letter about the comet. Encloses a letter from a railway surveyor about an earthquake in Mendoza. This person has been responsible for the railway between Chile and Peru. Comments on the gradients and working of the line.