From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[14 June 1847]
Source of text:
RGO 6.193.244
Summary:
Provides the measurements for Beta Aquarius and Alpha 2 Capricorni [see JH's 1847-5-23].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Provides the measurements for Beta Aquarius and Alpha 2 Capricorni [see JH's 1847-5-23].
Agrees with GA [see GA's 1847-6-11] about paying up accounts.
Refuses permission for JH's portrait to appear in Collins's Portraits & Memoirs of Eminent Conservatives (1846). JH has never identified publicly with any political party.