| RefNo | HSF/2/3/2 |
| Previous numbers | 600/31/79 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from John Herschel, Gatti-narain tippa, to [Mary Cornwallis Herschel] |
| Creator | Herschel; John (1837-1921); British army officer and astronomer |
| Date | 3 January [1872] |
| Description | He is exhausted with carpenting, having broken a shelf for his lamp stand, which was 'a fix'. He substituted a small double ladder he made for the observatory and this was 'a brilliant success'. He only lost one star as a result. He has spent the day mending the stand and proofing it aganist any such future accident. He is working satisfactorily on coffee and is about to move on. He means to test at the next station, staying there four nights in order to take a set of observations relating to the southern horizon as well as the northern one. He has made a small iron knob, which he sketches, and which he thinks will enable him to turn the instrument. He has only received newspapers by this mail. He is reading 'Marian Rooke' [by Henry Sedley], 'a quasi N. Am. Indian tale, by one who knows nothing about it...' |
| Extent | 4p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7955 | Herschel; John (1837 - 1921) | 1837 - 1921 |