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From:
Elias Loomis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 November 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.309
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's kind invitation to Collingwood, but regrets he cannot find time to come as he sails on the day after tomorrow and has much business to fit in before then.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Elias Loomis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.310
Summary:

Is indebted to JH for a number of scientific memoirs, including the General Catalogue of Nebulae and the tract on Physical Geography, both of which he highly esteems. Sends via the Smithsonian his own pamphlet on the Aurora Borealis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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