RefNo | HS/16/361 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 28 February 1858 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Lists facts from various astronomical catalogues, such as the number of fixed, double, and binary stars. Discusses parallax. Thanks her for second edition of Physical Geography. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | HS/23/224 |
RelatedRecord | HS/23/224 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2670
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |