The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel4638,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4638
Asking for introductions to certain men of science in Paris. Revision of his views on his figure of the earth, and casting doubt on Edward Sabine's pendulum observations.
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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