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From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 September 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.212
Summary:

Discusses WW's essay on tides for JH's Admiralty Manual, aspects of JH's Outlines Astr., and planetary astronomy in general.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9169

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[30 September 1848]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20775 (C: RS:HS 23.38)
Summary:

Discusses revisions in WW's and Frederick Beechey's papers in JH's Admiralty Manual. Also comments on drafting Outlines Astr., the controversy over the discovery of Neptune, and William Lassell's discovery of a new Saturnian satellite.

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John Herschel Project
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