RefNo | HS/25/6/17 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 16 August 1843 |
Description | Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Has received a request from the Admiralty to order a new telescope for the Cape observatory; at the same time, John Frederick William Herschel has received an unsolicited offer of a lens. John Frederick William Herschel seeks advice and information from George Biddell Airy. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1074
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |