RefNo | HS/21/254 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Hanover |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 21 July 1838 |
Description | Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. About John Frederick William Herschel's visit to Carl Friedrich Gauss, and Gauss's well-devised magnetic measuring instruments. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Hanover, Germany |
Origin coordinates | 52.366667, 9.716667 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: RGO 6.676.46; copy: HS/1/74 |
RelatedRecord | HS/1/74 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel160
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |