The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel13190,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel13190
Assures EW that earth is spheroidal and that sun and planets follow laws of gravitation, contrary to absurd claims of Mr. Parallax. Regrets that Parallax is using JH's name to support 'ridiculous opinions.'
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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