| RefNo | HS/25/15/27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Diedrich Wackerbarth, dated at Collingwood |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Recipient | Wackerbarth; Athanasius Francis Diedrich (1813-1884); Swedish astronomer; hymnwriter; translator |
| Date | 21 March 1866 |
| Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father.
Following on from Wackerbarth's suggestion to collect William Herschel's published works into one volume was considered earlier, but publishers found it not profitable. All works except two are in R.S.P.T., 1780-1818. [Letter continues 22 Mar.:] Herschel almost completed identifying and assembling all of William Herschel's double stars and micrometrical measures. Thanks for calling attention to 'unpublished series of 400 'Guages [sic] ('hausters')" noticed by [Maximilian Weisse]. Herschel was not aware of these. [Letter continues 23 Mar.:] Does not approve of Wackerbarth's suggestion to request subscriptions to fund collection of William Herschel's works. [Note by copyist: List of differences between original letter and copy.] [Unknown annotation: 'Original in No. 2 Corresp. Tin box B.8.'] |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 5pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7784
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |