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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Whewell
Date:
21 February 1831
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.2
Summary:
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Would prefer not to write a popular account of William Herschel and his work which DL has requested; JH has always intended to produce a major volume on the life and work of his father.
More on the observations and publication of results of the Greenwich Observatory [see JH's 1831-2-10].
Has just found out that the government has approached the R.S.L. as to the usefulness and chances of success of his machine. Hopes that if JH is appointed he will not become involved in the committees of the R.S.L. Has been deciphering a cipher.