The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel4463,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 14 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4463
Sends meteorite and analysis to British Museum. Refers to work on Alpha Centauri; predicts occultation in fifteen years. Will move to Collingwood in spring. Announces birth of JH's daughter [Maria Sophia].
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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