From:
William Henry Bateson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0057.23; Reel 1087
Summary:
Cambridge University Commissioners will meet 4 Aug.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Cambridge University Commissioners will meet 4 Aug.
Mentions his stay at Pulkowa Observatory in 1844 and 1845. Refers to [Alexander von] Humboldt's Kosmos. Discusses a function of prisms in telescopes.