From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.322
Summary:
Questions dates in William Herschel's observations. Wishes JH luck on completing translation of Iliad.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Questions dates in William Herschel's observations. Wishes JH luck on completing translation of Iliad.
Studies sidereal chromatics. Asks if William Herschel recorded colors of Beta Cygni in a 1779 observation.
Sends WS William Herschel's chromatic observations of Beta Cygni. Completing 'Catalogue of Nebulae.' Works on translating Book IX of Iliad; fears he will not complete translation of Iliad.
Comments on WS's publication on sidereal chromatics. Believes validity of doctrine of three primary colors proved.
Believes he will complete Iliad.