The geologist Lyell saw the irony in the fact that Herschel had done this work in South Africa because he failed to be elected President of the Royal Society . He wrote (see for example):
Ang heologo Lyell nakakita ng bakal sa ang katunayan na ang Herschel had tapos na ito gagana sa South Africa dahil siya ay nabigo na maging elected President ng Royal Society. He wrote (tingnan ang halimbawa):