From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
11 Apr 1865
Source of text:
HS 16.372, RS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
No summary available.
Comments on the political change within Italy. Answers questions about spectrum analysis, spectra of nebulae, and [solar] 'willow leaves.' Says the view of universe as a collection of billiard balls is problematic. Includes postscript from JH's daughter Bella describing family events.
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Was grateful for his kind letter. Doubtless he has received further of his papers by now, including the one on the meteor of Oct. 1863. Sends a note on two lines of the Iliad. Has heard interesting news of Alexander Herschel's labors.