RefNo | HS/13/413 |
Level | Item |
Title | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
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 |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA2505 | Plana; Giovanni Antonio Amedeo (1781 - 1864) | 1781 - 1864 |