RefNo | HS/14/112 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Richard Anthony Proctor to Sir John Herschel, dated at 5 Trigon Road, Kennington |
Creator | Proctor; Richard Anthony (1837-1888); astronomer; science populariser |
Date | 24 July 1869 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Cites various celestial appearances as a basis for concluding that the Milky Way takes the form, not of a disk or ring, but of a series of convolutions. Urges that the nebulae form part of the Milky Way rather than being separate universes, as many had suggested. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to critique these ideas. |
Language | English |
Extent | 8pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | 5 Trigon Road, Kennington, London |
Origin coordinates | 51.48025, 0.11564 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8718
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |