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RefNoHS/17/418
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from [A. J. F.] Yvon Villarceau to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris
CreatorVillarceau; Antoine-Joseph Yvon (1813-1883); French astronomer; mathematician; engineer
Date1 April 1849
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Asks for John Frederick William Herschel's comments on Yvon Villarceau's specific double star observations. Yvon Villarceau presents the mathematical method he uses to calculate double star orbits, which he had presented to the Paris Academie in 1847, but it was not published.
LanguageFrench
Extent5pp
FormatManuscript
Place originParis, France
Origin coordinates48.856667, 2.352222
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel13606
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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