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RefNoHS/9/192
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Portsmouth
CreatorBasil Hall
Date3 November 1840
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Wishes John Frederick William Herschel would lay hands on the memorandum concerning the Zenith observatory on Etna. Explains why John Frederick William Herschel's theories regarding a point in gunnery do not work in actual practice. Queries the measurement given by John Frederick William Herschel for the height of Etna.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originPortsmouth, Hampshire
Origin coordinates50.805833, -1.087222
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel10309
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3408Hall; Basil (1788 - 1844); naval officer and author1788 - 1844
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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