Reference number | HS/15/377 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin |
Creator | Heinrich Christian Schumacher |
Date | 9 July 1835 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Visits F. W. Bessel in Berlin to discuss pendulum experiments. [C. A.] Steinheil invented a photometer to measure relative light of different stars. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Berlin, Germany |
Origin coordinates | 52.52, 13.405 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
URL description | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2886
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA5372 | Schumacher; Heinrich Christian (1780 - 1850) | 1780 - 1850 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |