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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
B. W. S. Vallack
Date:
[16 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.417b (C: RS:HS 24.141)
Summary:

Suggests weaknesses in BV's plans for a binocular telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[16 February 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.142
Summary:

Main object in translating Homer was to 'wipe off the stigma cast on English hexameters by such people as Tennyson.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project