From:
M. Felix Billet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.63
Summary:
Sending his work on optics. Comments on their mutual work in this field.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Sending his work on optics. Comments on their mutual work in this field.
Asks JH to sign a document relating to Col. Gelland [?].
Sends a riddle. Has added a stanza. Does not credit the story of [T. C.?] Jansen's children. Comments on Roger Bacon's telescope.
Would like JH's support for his candidature for the R.S.L.
Hopes he is well as he has not heard from him for a long time. Sends his own theories regarding the composition of force.