From:
Samuel Newington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1860 to 1866?]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.3.5 verso; Reel 10
Summary:
Hopes JH will return when fruit is ripe to harvest.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Hopes JH will return when fruit is ripe to harvest.
Is grateful for JH's opinion. Can hardly imagine that such a simple contrivance should answer the purpose. Saw the patent agent who has offered to send a list of all the writings on the subject. Also brought the matter before B. C. Brodie (the elder), who now seems totally blind.