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From:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 March 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.76
Summary:

Thanks for his letter informing him of his having been awarded the Copley medal. Was pleased to receive the observations of the magnetic declination and inclination of London. Projected expedition of Captain J. C. Ross pleases him. C. F. Gauss is now preparing the third volume of the Resultate. Would like JH's opinion on one of the papers in this volume. Gives his own views on the magnetic poles.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.77
Summary:

Sends two copies of his own General Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism, one for JH and one for the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project