Record

RefNoHS/13/415
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Giovanni Antonio Plana to Sir John Herschel, dated at Turin
CreatorGiovanni Antonio Plana
Date27 May 1825
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Is preparing a paper on planetary perturbations, which Giovanni Plana would like to send to the Astronomical Society for publication. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's ideas on the subject of perturbations. Would the paper being in French be a problem? Comments on Henry Kater's method for finding the zero point in his meridian circle.
LanguageFrench
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originTurin, Italy
Origin coordinates45.079167, 7.676111
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel12545
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2505Plana; Giovanni Antonio Amedeo (1781 - 1864)1781 - 1864
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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