| RefNo | HS/16/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place |
| Creator | Richard Sheepshanks |
| Date | 7 January 1833 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to review a publication Richard Sheepshanks was preparing. Comments on James South's claim concerning supposed defects in the telescope made for him by Edward Troughton. Suggests John Frederick William Herschel intercede with the government to get it to support G. B. Airy's reduction of the Greenwich planetary observations. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | 30 Woburn Place, London |
| Origin coordinates | 51° 31′ 25.68″ N, 0° 7′ 35.04″ W |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3659
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5536 | Sheepshanks; Richard (1794 - 1855) | 1794 - 1855 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |