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Herschel3696

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.40
Summary:

More on the matter of [W. R.] Dawes and [George] Bishop. Dawes deserves credit for the observation and reduction; Bishop for being 'founder & proprietor.' On JH's ability to mediate such situations, because he is so well liked. Confident in Bishop's 'good sense,' once he knows that he is being placed in JH's hands.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9141

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.211
Summary:

Explains to JH that WW's Indications of the Creator was written to counteract [Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation. Comments critically on William Hopkins's glacial theory.

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John Herschel Project
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