The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel4508,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 15 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4508
Approves of James Nasmyth's application to join R.S.L. Describes good points of Nasmyth's telescope. Supposes that if he had drawing talent, he would sketch the members of the R.S.L.
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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