RefNo | HS/21/195 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 26 October 1835 |
Description | Copy of a letter. C. P. Smyth arrived at Cape on 10 October; Thomas Maclear seems pleased with his work. Asks William Henry Smyth to continue observing Gamma Virginis; John Frederick William Herschel has observed it only as a single star in recent attempts. Thanks William Henry Smyth for distributing meteorological brochures. George Eden visits and will send meteorological observations from India. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa |
Origin coordinates | -33.980556, 18.465278 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4499
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA5062 | Smyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865) | 1788 - 1865 |