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RefNoHS/14/121
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Richard Anthony Proctor to Sir John Herschel, dated at 5 Trigon Road, Kennington
CreatorProctor; Richard Anthony (1837-1888); astronomer; science populariser
Date3 April 1870
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Reports on his studies of stellar and nebular distributions, discussing especially whether the Magellanic Clouds show a relation to the Milky Way stars. Speculates on whether recent studies on meteors bear on stellar formation and change. Stresses need for statistical studies in stellar astronomy.
LanguageEnglish
Extent12pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin5 Trigon Road, Kennington, London
Origin coordinates51.48025, 0.11564
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8729
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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