Reference number | HS/21/13 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Wilhelm Struve |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 6 July 1828 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Sends Wilhelm Struve John Frederick William Herschel's 'Light' published in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. Mentions recalibration of his magnitude measurements of small stars near other small ones. Comments on results in Wilhelm Struve's paper concerning Saturn's ring. Confirms sighting of 'well defined, equable, planetary disk.' |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | n.p. |
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/Herschel2868
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |