From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.58
Summary:
Copy of letter to Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) stating that the Duke's offer of a refracting telescope of great power, to Cambridge Observatory would be a valuable gift. To JH: Remarks on gift of telescope, planet reduction money, and on his geological exploration of the Charnwood Forest.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project