From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1 May 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.192
Summary:
Skeptical of reports of seeing Jupiter's satellites with the naked eye.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Skeptical of reports of seeing Jupiter's satellites with the naked eye.
Sends copy of Cycle of Celestial Objects. Meets an excellent optician named [Richard?] Gwatkin, who shows him four self-made telescopes.
Compliments WS on his Cycle of Celestial Objects. Inquires who instigated the move for reform of the Nautical Almanac.