From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.316
Summary:
Has had a letter from Henry Foster regarding his pendulum experiments at Ascension.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Has had a letter from Henry Foster regarding his pendulum experiments at Ascension.
Requests advice in determining optimal time for visit to England. Thanks for invitation to Slough. Mentions completion of his sixth volume of observations, the introduction of which could prove interesting to JH. Fascinated by JH's observation of a sixth star in the trapezoid of Orion.