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Please cite as “Herschel7809,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7809
Indian Triangulation chart showed progress to May 1862. Explains why arcs of meridians and parallels were chosen over diagonal braces. G. B. Airy's method of determining errors helped. Will take note and package from Maria [Herschel] to JH's son John.
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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