| RefNo | HSF/1/2/77 |
| Previous numbers | 600/31/155 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy extracts from North American newspapers relating to John Frederick William Herschel and astronomy |
| Date | 14-22 November 1866 |
| Description | Brief notice from the 'The Daily Globe', Toronto, West Canada, of Herschel's translation of 'The Iliad'. With a longer article from the 'New York Times', on popular interest in an [unnamed in the text] astronomical event: the Leonid meteor shower of 13-14 November 1866. |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |