RefNo | HS/6/97 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone |
Creator | William Rutter Dawes |
Date | 12 December 1851 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Suggesting someone suitable as a Greek scholar. News of his relations. Is pleased she likes his description of the solar eclipse. Regarding the priority of the discovery of the faint rings of Saturn. |
Language | English |
Extent | 11pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Wateringbury, Maidstone, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.255, 0.423 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6780
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA1247 | Dawes; William Rutter (1799 - 1868); astronomer | 1799 - 1868 |