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Reference numberHS/17/175
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli to Robert Philips Greg
CreatorGiovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Date1 April 1868
DescriptionCopy letter with illustration and tables of positions, annotated and copied by Alexander Stewart Herschel. Discussing Greg and Alexander Stewart Herschel's theories of the trajectory of rays and in particular the fixity of radiants which Schiaparelli had computed and Greg and Herschel are proposing new hypothesis for. Includes an illustration, "Figure of the annual route taken by a ray in the boreal exliptic hemisphere, according to hypothesis 3". News of other comet observers in Italy, including Giuseppe Zezioli (c. 1830-1870) from the Telegraphic Bureau in Bergamo. Letter sent to be shared with Alexander Herschel
LanguageFrench
Extent6 pp.
Place originMilan; Italy
Origin coordinates45.466944, 9.19
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Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6670Herschel; Alexander Stewart (1836 - 1907); astronomer1836 - 1907
NA554Schiaparelli; Giovanni Virginio (1835 - 1910)1835 - 1910
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