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RefNoHSF/1/2/77
Previous numbers600/31/155
LevelItem
TitleCopy extracts from North American newspapers relating to John Frederick William Herschel and astronomy
CreatorHerschel; Sir John Frederick William; first baronet (1792-1871); British mathematician and astronomer
Date14-22 November 1866
DescriptionBrief notice from the 'The Daily Globe', Toronto, West Canada, of Herschel's translation of 'The Iliad'. With a longer article from the 'New York Times', on popular interest in an [unnamed in the text] astronomical event: the Leonid meteor shower of 13-14 November 1866.
Extent2p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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