| RefNo | HS/14/132 |
| 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 | 27 February 1871 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Reports on recent solar eclipse photographs of the solar corona which jeopardize John Frederick William Herschel's meteoric theory of the corona's origin. Concludes the corona must be 'after all a phenomenon of eruption!!' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| 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/Herschel8745
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |