The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel5802,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel5802
Sends an abstract of his paper on observations relating to the practical construction of telescopes [JH's 'Practical Rules,' 1822]. Would like 25 copies for distribution. His recent experiments with polarized light.
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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