| RefNo | HS/18/393 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Charles H. Weston to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ensleigh Observatory, Lansdown near Bath |
| Creator | Weston; Charles H. (fl. 1870); astronomer |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 26 December 1870 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Moon not uniformly dark during last eclipse of sun. In 1858, Mr. Stuart saw same phenomenon, but John Frederick William Herschel, W. R. Dawes, and [James] Breen reported no such partial illumination. Suggests that this observation was due to refrangibility in medium, not to actual illumination of moon. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 5pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Ensleigh Observatory, Lansdown near Bath |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8127
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |