From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Hopkins
Date:
[27 April 1843]
Source of text:
WT B.6
Summary:
Thanks WH for his drawing of the comet, which JH will communicate to the R.A.S.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Thanks WH for his drawing of the comet, which JH will communicate to the R.A.S.
Comments on a compass diagram designed to show the dip, strike, and anticlinal lines of a geological formation.
Writes concerning CD’s "geometrico-geological problem". Attempts to square some of CD’s observations with certain geometrical theories concerning geological elevation.
Discussion of CD’s geological problem, relating to elevation of laminated beds around a rising granitic ridge.