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Herschel3833

From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1834]
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unknown
Summary:

Thrilled that JH has arrived safely in Cape Town; notes that JH's Cape Town trip has captivated the intellectual world.

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John Herschel Project

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
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