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Herschel2959

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[29 April 1842]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #17
Summary:

Stresses importance of development and phases of periodic phenomena on earth's surface. Magnitudes of stars are the only observations JH is doing. Asks for help in planning trip on continent for three of his daughters and their governess.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel2960

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[19 May 1842]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #18
Summary:

Thanks for assistance in preparing trip. JH's daughters will probably not stay in Brussels long. Mentions his first engraving for Cape observations of nebulae is to be engraved this very day. Three quarters of his reductions of the southern sweeps are completed.

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