RefNo | HS/19/157 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 24 February 1866 |
Description | Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Forwarding copy of paper by Ernst F. W. Klinkerfues; EK purports to show that movement of a star toward or away from an observer will affect its refraction in an achromatic prism. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: Cambridge University Library 7656/H709 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1433
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903) | 1819 - 1903 |