RefNo | HS/13/209 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Robert Treat Paine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston, Mass. |
Creator | Paine; Robert Treat (1803-1885); American astronomer |
Date | 24 May 1836 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Wonders if people at the Cape observed the large fall of meteors during the night of 12 Nov. 1833; comments on this and gives theories of one professor. John Frederick William Herschel's name was used for newspaper article on discoveries on the moon; the person responsible was R. A. Locke. Encloses one of his own memoirs on the eclipse. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Boston, Mass., United States of America |
Origin coordinates | 42.360278, -71.057778 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel12352
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |