From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.238
Summary:
Is grateful for his paper on the solar spectrum. Hopes he will continue his experiments with light so that posterity may benefit, as would have been the case if Smithson Tennant had persisted with his efforts. Regarding some of the geological theories of the times. Hopes JH will come and stay with them. R. I. Murchison is on the continent.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project