| Reference number | MC/3/306 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Sir John F.W. Herschel, Collingwood, to the Royal Society |
| Date | 19 October 1843 |
| Description | Requesting to relinquish the grant of £100 from the Wollaston Fund for the construction of an instrument for photographic research. Herschel gives details of his original plan and the loss of progress due to prohibitive costs and the employment of local workmen.
[Matter discussed by Council on 19 October 1843.]
[The second and third page of the letter are on a separate sheet, with the fourth page being on the reverse of the first. The separate sheet is labelled within the volume as MC/3/306a.] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | CMP/1/174 |
| URL | Also available on Epsilon: https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3368 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |