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Herschel9570

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1849]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.310
Summary:

Regarding the possibility of a new edition of JH's Treatise Astr. originally published in Lardner's Cyclopaedia. Has found it very useful for his students.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9571

From:
James David Forbes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1849]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.311
Summary:

B.A.A.S. and Royal Society of Edinburgh have been approached to apply to the government for finance to send an observer and reflector to the Cape Observatory. Does JH think this advisable, with his knowledge of conditions at the Cape?

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John Herschel Project
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