The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel1975,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1975
Has heard that JH's son [Alexander] is observing variable stars at Charles Pritchard's school. Gives latest data on these stars. Suggests other variables to observe. Has adopted JH's proposal of using Julian day numbers for dating variables in his catalogue of variables.
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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