RefNo | HS/17/109 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorpat |
Creator | Wilhelm Struve |
Date | 4 November 1826 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Mentions a four month absence from Dorpat. Commends [James] South on his work on double stars yet states that South's distances for nearby stars are too large. Considers his measurements, previous to his [Josef] Fraunhofer telescope, significant, even if South refuses to accept them. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for the difference in the longitudinal measurements between Paris and Greenwich. |
Language | German |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Dorpat, [Tartu], Estonia |
Origin coordinates | 58.383333, 26.716667 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2997
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5563 | Struve; Friedrich Georg Wilhelm (1793-1864); astronomer and geodesist | 1793-1864 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |