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From:
Adolph Theodor Kupffer
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
10/22 August 1840
Source of text:
MM/10/44, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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From:
Robert Brown
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
10 August 1840
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society Library The Scientists Collection I 509.L56
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[10 August 1840]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 42 (C: RS:HS 22.62)
Summary:

Explains efforts at using a makeshift apparatus for 'fixing the spectrum.' Discusses current confusion and ultimate hope surrounding JF's meteorological recommendations. In a postscript, notes observations of meteors in Persei.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[10 August 1840]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0585.7; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH has given away his sweeping telescope to [Johann] Hausmann and the 5-ft. Newtonian reflector to the R.A.S. to be preserved 'long after I and all the little ones are dead and gone.' The skies have been excellent for JH to observe variable stars and to connect the northern with the southern magnitudes. Proved that Alpha Orionis is both a variable star and a periodical star.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Iwanne Müller
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
10 August 1840
Source of text:
Private hands
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project