Faraday to John Frederick William Herschel   23 August 1847

R Institution | 23 Aug 1847

My dear Herschell

Thanks again & again for the Volume1 you have sent me and though unable in any fit manner to appreciate the work yet I hope you will allow me in full sincerity of heart to congratulate you, Lady Herschell2 - and science on the completion of such a labour[.] Already I see that there is a great deal in it that I can understand & enjoy and that it will long occupy my reading seat[.]

Ever Yours Most Truly | M. Faraday

Sir J.F.W. Herschell Bart | &c &c &c

1
Herschel (1847).
2
Margaret Brodie Herschel, née Stewart (d.1884, age 73, GRO). Married Herschel in 1829. See DNB under John Frederick William Herschel.

Bibliography

HERSCHEL, John Frederick William (1847): Results of Astronomical Observations, made during the years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8 at the Cape of Good Hope; being the completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825, London.

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