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RefNoHS/6/154
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Warren de La Rue to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Cranford
CreatorWarren de La Rue
Date1 June 1864
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Agrees with him that J. Müller's drawings do not show the entities around the sunspot clearly. Has nearly completed the apparatus for holding one of John Frederick William Herschel's sun prisms to his reflector. Hopes to do something with it soon.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originObservatory, Cranford
Origin coordinates51.4766, -0.4079
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6846
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3837Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889)1815 - 1889
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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