The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel10168,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel10168
Amuses himself in his spare time with astronomy. Would like advice on the composition of the metal for the speculum. Hears that Miss Caroline Herschel is in good health.
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library
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