RefNo | HS/17/122 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorpat |
Creator | Wilhelm Struve |
Date | 17 March 1832 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to thank Henry Kater for his comparison of Wilhelm Struve's scale to that of the standard-yard. Mentions breakout of cholera as reason for delay in responding. Includes many measurements of year's work. |
Language | German |
Extent | 8pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Dorpat, [Tartu], Estonia |
Origin coordinates | 58.383333, 26.716667 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3012
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5563 | Struve; Friedrich Georg Wilhelm (1793-1864); astronomer and geodesist | 1793-1864 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |