The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel2164,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 4 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2164
Anxious to hear the opinion of his telescope. Notices best resolution with a 3.5-inch aperture. Also, distinctness is best with correcting lenses in certain diametric position.
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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