From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Maria Edgeworth
Date:
[18 March 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.230
Summary:
Thanks for ME's letter; JH hopes to see her in Ireland in summer.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Thanks for ME's letter; JH hopes to see her in Ireland in summer.
Asks for the use of an invariable pendulum and a clock from the Board of Longitude so that G. B. Airy and William Whewell can carry out experiments to measure the change in gravity and the mean density of the earth, in a Yorkshire coal mine.