From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[31 July 1821]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0515.2; Reel 1053
Summary:
Leaving Paris tomorrow for Geneva and Milan. Describes tour through France. Names scientific men whom JH, Charles Babbage, Richard Jones, and George Peacock met. Visited French Board of Longitude. Alexander von Humboldt was of great service.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project