| RefNo | HS/13/413 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana |
| Recipient | Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana |
| Date | 14 January 1825 |
| Description | Apologises for delay in writing. Describes Herschel's travels across Europe and back to England. Is sending Plana copies of his papers in physics, mathematics, and astronomy, especially double stars. Describes a new instrument, a floating collimator, described by Henry Kater. Includes an abstratc of a letter to Plana dated 22 June 1825, and sent on 1 July 1825, regarding publishing Plana's papers in the Astronomical Society Memoirs. |
| Language | French |
| English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA2505 | Plana; Giovanni Antonio Amedeo (1781 - 1864) | 1781 - 1864 |