The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel4184,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 8 February 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4184
Comments on WT's paper on geological time. Unsatisfied with the efficiency of tidal friction in retarding the rotation of the earth. Considers effect of external attraction on a rotating body to relate to momentum.
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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