| RefNo | HS/13/429 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Giovanni Antonio Plana to Sir John Herschel, dated at Turin |
| Creator | Giovanni Antonio Plana |
| Date | 24 June 1829 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Pleased to hear that John Frederick William Herschel received Giovanni Plana's memoirs. Comments on the nature of Giovanni Plana's response to an error on one of Giovanni Plana's memoirs on planetary perturbations. Expresses sorrow at the deaths of W. H. Wollaston, Humphry Davy, and Thomas Young. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Turin, Italy |
| Origin coordinates | 45.079167, 7.676111 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel12559
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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 |