From:
John Fairbairn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 August 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.143
Summary:
Would like a complete report of last evening's proceedings.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Would like a complete report of last evening's proceedings.
Will long remember the triumphant meeting last night. Has heard nothing from England. Hopes C. P. Smyth may have come in the Romney, which arrived in Simon's Bay last evening. The traversing floor for the reflector will be finished tomorrow. Has been told that JH foretells that Halley's Comet will not be visible.