The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel13277,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel13277
Recalls ghost story told by Louisa. Answers question about primate hands. Recommends study of mathematics in order to understand art. Regards to [Mary C.] Lipscombe.
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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