RefNo | HS/24/197 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 5 May 1867 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Comments on impossibility of increasing the intrinsic illumination of a source with a telescope; how to obtain the spectrum of red flames of the sun. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: Cambridge University Library 7656/H713; copy: HS/17/66 |
RelatedRecord | HS/17/66 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1441
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903) | 1819 - 1903 |