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RefNoHS/7/337
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Thomas I. M. Forster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bruges
CreatorForster; Thomas Ignatius Maria (1789-1860); naturalist; meteorologist; animal rights activist
Date23 September 1844
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Has sent a pamphlet on Education to the Royal Society [of London] to be transmitted to John Frederick William Herschel. Explains the mechanism of his new anemometer. Is most interested in the causes of falling stars and their relation to meteorites. Has he seen [Robert?] Hunt's book on Light? Does he know where a description of William Parsons' (3rd Earl of Rosse) large telescope is to be found?
LanguageEnglish
Extent5pp
FormatManuscript
Place originBruges, Belgium
Origin coordinates51.208889, 3.224167
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9596
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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