Thanks JH for the books sent, and describes the work at Geneva in making geodesic measurements.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel12528
From
Marc August Pictet
To
Sir John Herschel
Date
[19 November 1822]
Sent from
Geneva
Source of text
RS:HS 13.398
Physical description
ALS 3pp
Additional information
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