The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel11907,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on
The departure of two young missionaries for Africa provide the occasion for JM and WB to comment on the present status of work in preparing for printing the Mappa Selenographica, and they ask JH's opinion on some suggestions for printing. Have heard from F. W. Bessel of JH's sighting of the two inner moons of Saturn.
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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