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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[15 September 1821]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0515.4
Summary:

Describes Como [Lombardy]. Visit with Pietro Configliachi [professor of physics at University of Pavia]. Crossing of alpine passes and Lake Maggiore. Ascent of Monte Rosa. JH was first Englishman to reach summit. [Letter continued 17 Sept. in Berne:] News from Slough of death of JH's uncle [Alexander Herschel]. Expects to return home in three weeks.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel1845

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Pietro Configliachi
Date:
[21 September 1821]
Source of text:
WT 65659
Summary:

Asks PC for barometer readings for specific days in September, as JH was at the summit of Mount Rosa with a barometer. JH would also appreciate any other barometer readings around the foot of the mountain for those days. JH is on his way back to England.

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John Herschel Project
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