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Herschel14707

From:
John Herschel (son)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 May 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0799; Reel 1085
Summary:

Wrote to G. G. Stokes and agreed to seek the permission requested by R.S.L. Will arrange for personal interview with Stokes. Is this 'independent of [Charles] Tennant's proposal'? Outlines survey plans if given charge of large instrument.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel984

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[18 May 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 6.54
Summary:

The R.S.L. proposes sending telescopic and spectroscopic equipment to India to observe the solar eclipse of 1868. They want to know if son John would be prepared to make the observations. John could use some of his leave time in England to prepare.

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