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From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 May 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.137
Summary:

Has just read W. R. Dawes's description of the observatory at Camden Lodge and the telescope by eorg Merz makes TM envious. Hopes JH will press claims for one for the Cape. Is at present engaged sinking the Sector for shelter. TM has suffered much from the effects of the heat. Dr. Gall has died, aged 98. What a drubbing G. B. Airy has given R. H. Inglis.

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John Herschel Project
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