RefNo | HS/5/277 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Spencer J. A. Compton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Birmingham |
Creator | Spencer J. A. Compton |
Date | 18 September 1849 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Has written letter of introduction to J. H. Cust (Viscount Alford) and sent it to [Robert?] Grahame. The Association has voted £250 for Kew Observatory. Had interesting session on nebulae from William Parsons (3rd Earl of Rosse). Meeting has been successful in all respects except the pecuniary one. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Birmingham |
Origin coordinates | 52.48, -1.9025 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6520
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA2272 | Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton | 1790 - 1851 |