RefNo | HS/21/207 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 31 May 1836 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Thanks William Henry Smyth for having accepted his medal from the Royal Astronomical Society Finds that the [Thomas] Brisbane Catalogue contains insufficient right ascension information, complicating reduction observations. Observed Halley's Comet. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
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/Herschel4157
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA5062 | Smyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865) | 1788 - 1865 |