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Herschel3838

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1834]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Asks about JH's children. Remarks that JH's discovery of globular clusters in the Scorpion is not what she remembered William Herschel being mystified about; remembers that WH exclaimed that there seemed to be a 'Loch im Himmel' ('hole in heaven') there.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel11691

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.55
Summary:

Approached Col. R. Thom[p]son on the subject of some rockets, and he advises an official letter to the Officer of Ordnance. Is inclined to use gunpowder instead if JH is agreeable. Hopes Lady Herschel and the new infant are progressing.

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