RefNo | HS/22/118 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 26 May 1842 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Thanks William Henry Smyth for C. P. Smyth drawings of Cape monument and Gamma Virginis observations. Notes Johann Heinrich Mädler's work on double stars and the doubt that they obey the inverse square law. Discusses use of photography in astronomy. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4498
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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 |