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Herschel9633

From:
John Forbes, D.D.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.372
Summary:

Believes he has succeeded in integrating elliptic and hyperbolic functions in finite terms, and sends a paper in which this is discussed.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel8126

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Richard Weld
Date:
[13 March 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.392 (C: 22.310)
Summary:

George III defrayed all costs (£4000) for William Herschel's 40-feet reflecting telescope. JH began dismantling it in Dec. 1839. Lenses and equipment are in storage. Tube's internal structure of corrugated iron and framework's diagonal bracing were originated by WH.

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