From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Charles Lyell
Date:
[1 October 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.168
Summary:
Comments on the relationship between the plane of the earth's orbit and the obliquity of the ecliptic.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Comments on the relationship between the plane of the earth's orbit and the obliquity of the ecliptic.
Comments on some of CL's writings; further argues that a canal at Suez and/or Darien would have a major effect on European climate due to the effect of ocean currents coming through such canals.
Some minor suggestions regarding CL's proofs [see CL's 1866-10-19].
Appreciates the receipt of volume one of the tenth edition of CL's Principles of Geology.
Sends a paper, which may help to clarify the effect of the Sahara Desert on certain European winds.
On the temperatures of water in the oceans, and the freezing temperature of sea water.