| RefNo | HS/6/155 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Incomplete letter, from Warren de La Rue to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Cranford |
| Creator | Warren de La Rue |
| Date | 3 July 1864 |
| Description | Autographed letter, incomplete. Appreciates the difference between Robert Hooke's and John Frederick William Herschel's suggestions for a helioscopic telescope. Comments on these suggestions. Has recently constructed a reflecting prism. Comments on this. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Observatory, Cranford |
| Origin coordinates | 51.4766, -0.4079 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6847
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3837 | Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889) | 1815 - 1889 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |