RefNo | HS/17/143 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Sykes, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 11 March 1847 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Notes that actinometer observations prove faulty due to problem with instruments. Asks that William Henry Sykes notify Indian observatories to join others in terminating such observations until John Frederick William Herschel finds method of getting around problem. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Copy: HS/22/308 |
RelatedRecord | HS/22/308 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3197
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA5872 | Sykes; William Henry (1790 - 1872) | 1790 - 1872 |