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RefNoHS/18/393
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Charles H. Weston to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ensleigh Observatory, Lansdown near Bath
CreatorWeston; Charles H. (fl. 1870); astronomer
Date26 December 1870
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Moon not uniformly dark during last eclipse of sun. In 1858, Mr. Stuart saw same phenomenon, but John Frederick William Herschel, W. R. Dawes, and [James] Breen reported no such partial illumination. Suggests that this observation was due to refrangibility in medium, not to actual illumination of moon.
LanguageEnglish
Extent5pp
FormatManuscript
Place originEnsleigh Observatory, Lansdown near Bath
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8127
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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