From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 May 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0263.6; Reel 1087
Summary:
No assays today. Notified Mint staff that tomorrow is holiday for Queen's birthday.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
No assays today. Notified Mint staff that tomorrow is holiday for Queen's birthday.
Annibal de Gasparis's new planet Psyche. Alexander von Humboldt selected its name. Other new planet, found by [C. Robert] Luther, was named Thetis by F. W. A. Argelander. Detected new nebula on 26 Apr. Nervous trouble interrupting Hind's search for planets.