From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[4 September] 1842
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0587.13; Reel 1058
Summary:
Reports the erection of an obelisk at Feldhausen to commemorate the site of JH's 20-ft. reflector. Back at Cape Town, Thomas Maclear is measuring N. L. Lacaille's Arc of the Meridian. JH received the Prussian Order of Merit.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project