RefNo | HS/1/54 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Cambridge |
Creator | George Biddell Airy |
Date | 17 December 1832 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Requests that the engravings for the catalogue of nebulae be speeded up. Further observations on the gravimeter. Observations on W. R. Hamilton's experiments on biaxial crystals using A. J. Fresnel's wave surface theory. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | The Observatory, Cambridge |
Origin coordinates | 52.2135, 0.0944 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4669
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |