James Challis has proposed retiring from Cambridge Observatory. Would like JH's views on the matter of his chances of succeeding Challis.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel6447
From
Richard Christopher Carrington
To
Sir John Herschel
Date
[25 February 1861]
Sent from
Observatory, Redhill
Source of text
RS:HS 5.215
Physical description
ALS 4pp
Additional information
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