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Herschel3295

From:
Marc Seguin
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.184
Summary:

Important office in French Institute has been passed on to MS. Compliments JH and many other members of R.S.L., and suggests exchange of ideas, asking JH for delivery of latest edition of JH's astronomy text, discusses idea of heat as motion, and other concepts. Expresses high scientific aspirations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3390

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Marc Seguin
Date:
[1861-7 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.185
Summary:

Thanks for MS's works, communicated through [Picot] Tremblay. Worries that JH has insufficient time and lags behind in the physical sciences. Comments on ideas put forward in 1824 by JH and discussed by MS. Has found MS's name connected with suspension bridge over Rhone River.

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John Herschel Project
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