RefNo | HS/19/72 |
Level | Item |
Title | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gipps, dated at Feldhausen |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 26 December 1837 |
Description | Autographed draft letter, signed or initialed by sender. Intricate enquiries at Paramatta observatory are a waste of time. Instruments are not first class. Energy would be better spent cataloguing smaller magnitude stars and measuring double stars. Urges triangulation survey, important for Asian and Pacific geography, and investigation of weights and measures, to avoid litigation as Australia develops. |
Language | English |
Extent | 11pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa |
Origin coordinates | -33.980556, 18.465278 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8267
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |