RefNo | HS/13/403 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Piddington to Sir John Herschel, dated at Calcutta |
Creator | Piddington; Henry (1797-1858); meteorologist; curator of the Museum of Economic Geology in Calcutta; sub-secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal |
Date | 3 September 1845 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Is sending John Frederick William Herschel some powder that HP thinks might be a good compound for polishing telescope specula. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Calcutta, [Kolkata], India |
Origin coordinates | 22.5675, 88.37 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel12533
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |