From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Frederick Howlett
Date:
[24 April 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.306
Summary:
Writes to compare notes on sunspot observations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Writes to compare notes on sunspot observations.
Is at present too ill to involve himself in any calculations necessary for making a good optical eyepiece.
Returns a paper of Mr. Stobart, which deals with astronomical knowledge of the early Egyptians.
Sending FH drawings of sunspots made by W. R. Dawes. Asks FH to inspect them and forward them to R.A.S. secretary R. C. Carrington along with any sunspots drawings made by FH on the same dates.
Comments on remarkable solar activity. JH admits he has no theory to explain sunspots.