RefNo | HS/1/59 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edensor, Bakewell |
Creator | George Biddell Airy |
Date | 26 August 1833 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Has visited Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) at Buxton, who suggests that John Frederick William Herschel approaches R. A. Cauchoix for the glass for the new telescope. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Edensor, Bakewell, Derbyshire |
Origin coordinates | 53 13? 37.2? N, 1 37? 30? W |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4674
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |