RefNo | HS/13/414 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Giovanni Antonio Plana to Sir John Herschel, dated at Turin |
Creator | Giovanni Antonio Plana |
Date | 24 March 1825 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Is helping another scientist bring to publication a work on triangulation in the Alps. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's idea of suspending an extremely long plumb bob at a particular precipice in the Alps [Foucault pendulum?]. Giovanni Plana does not believe the results would warrant the expense. Comments on the floating collimator [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1825-1-14], noting that he does not find it very helpful. |
Language | French |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Turin, Italy |
Origin coordinates | 45.079167, 7.676111 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel12544
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA2505 | Plana; Giovanni Antonio Amedeo (1781 - 1864) | 1781 - 1864 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |