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From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0066; Reel 1087 (ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book)
Summary:

Admiralty lords paid £316 to JH's account at Drummond's [Bank] for dome to house Cape of Good Hope telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.50
Summary:

Proved accuracy of Leonhard Euler's values for Bernoulli's 27th number. Plans to test number 29. Will investigate Thomas Clausen's theorem, the generality of which JH appears to have disproved.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.92; Reel 9
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results by Royal Society of Sciences of Göttingen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project