RefNo | HS/6/163 |
Level | Item |
Title | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Warren de La Rue, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 4 December 1864 |
Description | Draft letter. Thanks for the diary and pocket book. Sees that A. V. Guillemin has published an illustrated Astronomy [Le ciel (Paris, 1864)]. Thinks there is scope for publishing a volume of engravings of astronomical objects. Gives his own idea for the construction of a photometer. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Copy: HS/24/73 |
RelatedRecord | HS/24/73 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6855
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA3837 | Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889) | 1815 - 1889 |