| RefNo | HS/16/98 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading |
| Creator | Richard Sheepshanks |
| Date | 7 September 1849 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Suggests some means of improving a paper submitted by John Frederick William Herschel; more on standard measures of length [see Richard Sheepshanks's 1849-3-4], and other the Royal Astronomical Society business. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 8pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Reading, Berkshire |
| Origin coordinates | 51.454167, -0.973056 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1613
|
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5536 | Sheepshanks; Richard (1794 - 1855) | 1794 - 1855 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |