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From:
Matthew Fontaine Maury
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.140; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Outlines MM's project to catalogue all ninth and tenth magnitude stars by duplicate sweeps with different instruments and observers. Can JH offer suggestions?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Matthew Fontaine Maury
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.308
Summary:

Thanks for JH's article on Physical Geography from the new edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Comments on this and gives details of some of his own researches into the causes of ocean currents.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Date:
[31 July 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.309 & 23.268
Summary:

Acknowledges the proof sheets of the new edition of the Physical Geography of the Sea. Will read them with the attention they deserve. Does not at present agree with the theories of MM.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project