From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 September 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.7
Summary:
Is inquiring further into the usefulness of the weights [see JH's 1851-9-27].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Is inquiring further into the usefulness of the weights [see JH's 1851-9-27].
No summary available.
No summary available.
Hears that JH is using his influence to obtain a transit circle for the Cape. Hopes the application will be successful. Comments on the siting of the instruments. Cape politics are deplorable. Kaffir war still continues and appears likely to be expensive.