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RefNoHSF/1/3/64
LevelItem
TitleLetter from C [Charles] Pritchard, Observatory, Oxford University, to 'Miss Herschel'
CreatorPritchard; Charles (1808-1893); British astronomer
Date16 January 1880
DescriptionHe asks for a list of her grandfather's medals and distinctions, and for her [great] aunt's medal from the King of Prussia. The notice on William Herschel for Enclyclopaedia Britannica is near completion. Pritchard has re-read William Herschel's memoirs in Philosophical Transactions: Struve called him England's ablest astronomer and Pritchard calls him 'the Hipparchus of the Modern'. He describes his visit to Slough, with one [unnamed] member of the Herschel family. They visited the tomb, and found the 'zone clock' which Pritchard persuaded her brother to take away and clean it; it was in the tube. The big telescope was wonderful, but among the least of Herschel's achievements.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA5459Pritchard; Charles (1808 - 1893)1808 - 1893
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