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RefNoHS/23/225
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date2 March 1858
DescriptionCopy of a letter. Wishes to put William Henry Smyth's final version of Gamma Virginis orbit in new edition of his catalogue. Asks questions about Mediterranean.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4374
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA5062Smyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865)1788 - 1865
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