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Is desirous of procuring impressions of prismatic spectra from all parts of the globe. These should show the chemical influence of the solar rays. The B.A.A.S. may be able to help or Colonel Edward Sabine. Can JH use his influence?
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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