From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
1858-3
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.227
Summary:
Riddles, Latin nursery rhymes, and an eclipse description.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Riddles, Latin nursery rhymes, and an eclipse description.
Wishes to put WS's final version of Gamma Virginis orbit in new edition of his catalogue. Asks questions about Mediterranean.
About possible changes in the second edition of JH's Outlines Astr. due to the writings of another astronomer, Ignatio Porro.
About viewing the solar eclipse, and the many errors in G. B. Airy's Lectures.