From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 April 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.33
Summary:
Asks JH if he would like the Meteorological Committee to meet before R.S.L. Council meets. Having received news that the wife of [Thomas] Spring Rice, the person in charge of the fixed observations, is 'dangerously ill,' ES proposes that responsibility of the project be moved to one of the executive departments.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project