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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Whewell
Date:
24 April 1834
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.4
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Thrilled that JH has arrived safely in Cape Town; notes that JH's Cape Town trip has captivated the intellectual world.
On CD’s instructions EL has forwarded a case containing part of the head of [Megatherium].
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Responds to CD’s queries: the bones were received from Mr Keen and shipped to Henslow; expects another collection which he will forward.
Adds news that has arrived at Buenos Aires since CD left.
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Has heard of his safe arrival at the Cape. Recent personal happenings and events at Palermo Observatory. Accuracy of G. B. Airy's observations.
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Describes voyage to Cape as being uneventful. 20-ft. reflector operating since late February; has already examined much of the southern sky. Believes the Milky Way is not equidistant from the earth at all points; and that the earth is between Canopus and Alpha Centauri. Amazed at clusters such as Omega Centauri. Describes richness of Magellanic Clouds. Details progress in erecting instruments. Sends observations of Alpha Crucis, which he believes is a double star.
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