From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[17 November 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.128
Summary:
Sixteen-month delay in receipt of FB's observations. Willing to publish James Bradley's observations of Halley's Comet but questions accuracy of Nathaniel Bliss's. Sends John Brinkley's analysis [of April 1821 comet observed by Basil Hall in southern hemisphere]. Please describe Georg Reichenbach's new [transit] circle at Königsburg.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project