RefNo | HS/17/130 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Pulkowa |
Creator | Wilhelm Struve |
Date | 5 June 1842 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for his letter [1841-10-10]. Discusses difficulty of measuring distance between a star of primary largeness and a small telescopic neighbor star. Rejects theory that temperature influences observation results. Appreciates John Frederick William Herschel assessment of the correspondence between Wilhelm Struve's work and that of [F. W.] Bessel. Complains confidentially that Bessel neglects to acknowledge Wilhelm Struve's work on parallax, begun a year before Bessel's own. Assures John Frederick William Herschel of Wilhelm Struve's continual efforts in observing new phenomena. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's 'On the Revision and Rearrangement of the Constellations.' |
Language | German |
Extent | 8pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Pulkowa, [Pulkovo, Пу́лковские высо́ты], Russia |
Origin coordinates | 59.771667, 30.326111 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3020
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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 |