From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.260
Summary:
Wants suggestions as to whom R.S.L. should award medals.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Wants suggestions as to whom R.S.L. should award medals.
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Nearly agrees on contemporaneity, but THH pushes his ideas too far. Would require strong evidence before believing that the so-called Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous strata could be contemporaneous. Thinks THH’s case on advancement of organisation is strong. But he should read Bronn, before publishing again, and say more on other side. Cannot help hoping he is not as right as he seems to be.
Offers assistance for JH's proposed catalogue of nebulae. Will send estimated positions of recently discovered nebulae.