RefNo | HS/24/352 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Anthony Proctor, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 7 February 1871 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Replies to Richard Anthony Proctor's objections to his theory of the solar corona. Informs Richard Anthony Proctor that William Herschel's larger telescopes were used as front focus. Suggests explanation of his father's disconfirmed discovery of four additional Uranian moons. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8743
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |