RefNo | HS/19/153 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Hodgson, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 18 February 1864 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Charles Pritchard was wrong in ascribing priority for diagonal reflecting telescope in Pritchard's address to the Royal Astronomical Society As early as 1825, John Frederick William Herschel was first to use diagonal reflector. Describes its construction. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | HS/24/31 |
RelatedRecord | HS/24/31 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8351
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |