RefNo | HS/17/88 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford, dated at Feldhausen |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 28 February 1838 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. John Frederick William Herschel, in preparing to leave Cape, thanks William Samuel Stratford for having sent Nautical Almanacs to him there. Discusses motions of a comet appearing to move whimsically, the periodical star alpha Hydrae, other stars, and the re-discovery of Saturn's sixth satellite. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa |
Origin coordinates | -33.980556, 18.465278 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Copy: HS/21/242 |
RelatedRecord | HS/21/242 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3429
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA2524 | Stratford; William Samuel (1789 - 1853) | 1789 - 1853 |