The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel8159,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8159
Encloses pamphlet on atmospheric electricity by Joseph Henry and two pages about 'Carpet experiments' in New York by Joseph Lovering. U.S. going through 'sad political trial.' Does astronomy offer examples of severed systems or broken planets being re-united?
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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