The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel6001,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 10 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6001
Regarding meteorology. John Pond has resigned as Astronomer Royal and G. B. Airy been appointed in his place. Has finished his own account of John Flamsteed and sent it to the press. Is drawing up a report for the new standard scale.
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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