The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel11524,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11524
Discussion on JH's geological specimens took place at the Geological Society on Wednesday. Gives some of the points raised at the meeting. Regarding the length of time that separates the extremes of eccentricity of the earth's orbit. Has raised the matter with G. B. Airy.
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
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