RefNo | HS/14/82 |
Level | Item |
Title | Incomplete letter, from Charles Pritchard to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Clapham Grammar School] |
Creator | Charles Pritchard |
Date | 10 June 1861 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete. Observes and measures sunspots. Takes spectrum of solar photosphere; detects sodium and magnesium absorption lines. Pleased with Alexander Herschel's work on the solar spectrum; wishes he would begin work on stellar spectra. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Clapham Grammar School, 95-97 Clapham High Street, Clapham |
Origin coordinates | 51.4633, -0.1343 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4542
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5459 | Pritchard; Charles (1808 - 1893) | 1808 - 1893 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |