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RefNoHS/16/91
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading
CreatorRichard Sheepshanks
Date4 January 1849
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. H. C. Schumacher wants an application from the Royal Astronomical Society Richard Sheepshanks complied, giving reasons. 'Miss B.' [Elizabeth Baily] reluctant to write even the shortest formal note. Suggests John Frederick William Herschel announce her gift on taking the chair. Wants to 'jump' at [F. W. A.] Argelander's offer [to complete the British Catalogue]. Progress on his 'apparatus.' Has asked J. C. Adams to give the Royal Astronomical Society notice of the controversy about Neptune, in which U. J. J. Leverrier ('a very cantankerous fellow') has engaged. If Adams refuses, would John Frederick William Herschel respond?
LanguageEnglish
Extent6pp
FormatManuscript
Place originReading, Berkshire
Origin coordinates51.454167, -0.973056
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3749
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5536Sheepshanks; Richard (1794 - 1855)1794 - 1855
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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