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Herschel8354

From:
Robert Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1866-2-24 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.157a
Summary:

Asks to visit JH today.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Jean Baptiste André Dumas]
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Thanks for having sent a copy of the works of Antoine Lavoisier [3 vols., 1862-65, ed. by JD].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11167

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Ernst F. W. Klinkerfues
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.57
Summary:

Has now received his pamphlet. Does not agree with its findings, but will submit it to the R.S.L., though it cannot be printed in R.S.P.T. as it has already appeared elsewhere. Comments on some of EK's theories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1433

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[24 February 1866]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H709 (ACCS: RS:HS 19.157b)
Summary:

Forwarding copy of paper by Ernst F. W. Klinkerfues; EK purports to show that movement of a star toward or away from an observer will affect its refraction in an achromatic prism.

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John Herschel Project
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