John Wrottesley1 to Faraday   11 August 1863

Wrottesley | 11 Aug / 63

Dear Faraday

The Balloon Ascent is postponed till after the 20th2. May I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you here then - I will let you know when the day is fixed3.

Yours truly | Wrottesley

1
John Wrottesley (1798–1867, ODNB). Astronomer. President of the Royal Society, 1854–1858.
3
This ascent did not happen until 23 September 1863. Glaisher (1864), 196-7.

Bibliography

GLAISHER, James (1864): “An Account of Meteorological and Physical Observations in Nine Baloon Ascents made in the years 1863 and 1864 (in continuation of thirteen made in the year 1862 and first part of 1863)”, Rep. Brit. Ass., 193-326.

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