The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel1299,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1299
Unable to attend the most recent meeting of the Society of Arts, where the idea of having a fixed musical pitch was discussed. As a committee has been struck to study this, JH sends in his thoughts on the topic.
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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