From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 January 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.82
Summary:
Comments about the uses of a meridian telescope.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Comments about the uses of a meridian telescope.
Talks about stiffening a vertical circle, or tube; explains that southern constellation remodelling has been very minimal.
Responds to JH's 1844-7-28 about stiffening a vertical circle; comments on other astronomical matters.