Record

RefNoHS/17/101
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford, dated at 37 Tavistock Place
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date4 May 1847
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Approves naming the new planet Neptune and continued designation of John Frederick William Herschel's father's planet as Uranus. Suggests reasons and alternatives.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin37 Tavistock Place, London
Origin coordinates51.525, -0.1291
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialCopy: HS/22/316
RelatedRecordHS/22/316
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3230
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA2524Stratford; William Samuel (1789 - 1853)1789 - 1853
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