From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.345
Summary:
Encloses Annual Report of the R.A.S. Hopes he has been amused by the French pamphlets on JH's discoveries relating to the moon. Capt. George Back will be proceeding this year in the Terror to investigate the discoveries of J. C. Ross and John Franklin on the N. coast of America. Read JH's last note about the comet to the Society [R.A.S.?].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project