RefNo | HS/25/3/14 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Rutter Dawes, dated at Slough |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 4 May 1833 |
Description | Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Comments on, and compares, William Rutter Dawes's observations of several double stars with the observations of John Frederick William Herschel and other astronomers. In a postscript John Frederick William Herschel says 'The papers have told the truth for once—we sail sometime between Sept. and Dec.' |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Slough, Berkshire |
Origin coordinates | 51.5082, -0.5954 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1047
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA1247 | Dawes; William Rutter (1799 - 1868); astronomer | 1799 - 1868 |