RefNoHSF/2/3/52
Previous numbers600/31/120
LevelItem
TitleLetter from John Herschel, Badgaon, to [Mary Cornwallis Herschel]
CreatorHerschel; John (1837-1921); British army officer and astronomer
Date16 April 1872
DescriptionTwo violent storms have convinced him to take down the instrument and wait for better conditions. He may put it back up in two days, but otherwise he will keep waiting. The observatory stood up well to wind the night before but he finds the weather perplexing. He has her letters of 7th and 10th April, and concurs with her decision to go down on the 17th, hoping that she has reached Bangalore. He is reading the Mail steadily and the Pall Mall [Gazette]. He thanks her for two copies of 'Punch'. He is shooting at antelope without success.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7955Herschel; John (1837 - 1921); Colonel; military engineer, surveyor and astronomer1837 - 1921
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