From:
Jacques Babinet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.202
Summary:
Describes procedures, apparatus, and calculations for determining the static gravity of the earth. Thanks JH for some of his writings, and comments that JH, like Newton, has discovered the mind of the Creator and passed this on to humanity.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project