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Reference numberHS/14/31
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John Pond to Sir John Herschel
CreatorJohn Pond
Date20 June 1822
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for sending your catalogues. Requests duplicates. Has made annotations indicating the 'quantity which Mr. [F. W.] Bessel's Instrument places the stars to the south of my determinations.' Cannot yet explain discrepancy. Unable to determine a parallactic shift for Alpha Lyrae, Alpha Aquila, or Gamma Draconis.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place originn.p.
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1998
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3168Pond; John (1767 - 1836)1767 - 1836
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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