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From:
James Elliot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 May 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.127
Summary:

Sending an extract from one of his articles on the Theory of the Spinning Top. Relates this to the theory of Saturn's rings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Elliot
Date:
[30 May 1839]
Source of text:
DMC 695A.885.24
Summary:

Thanks JE for the account of an experiment performed by JE using an iron ring and a magnet, the results of which JE finds illustrative of the phenomena of Saturn's rings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project