| RefNo | HS/14/207 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Adolphe Quetelet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brussels |
| Creator | Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet |
| Date | 23 August 1834 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Has John Frederick William Herschel's memoir on elliptical orbits of Saturn. Asks for John Frederick William Herschel's indulgence with lack of astronomy in annals. Adolphe Quetelet has no big instruments. Has planted thermometers for experiments. Finally received transit instrument from [H. P.] Gambey. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Brussels, Belgium |
| Origin coordinates | 50.846667, 4.3525 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3052
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2866 | Quetelet; Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796 - 1874) | 1796 - 1874 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |