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RefNoHS/9/183
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris
CreatorBasil Hall
Date22 May 1836
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Has been busy correcting proofs of a little book to be printed by Cadell in Edinburgh which has occasioned the delay. Observed the eclipse at the Observatory with D. F. J. Arago. Comments on the work of Arago. French science and literature at a low ebb.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originParis, France
Origin coordinates48.856667, 2.352222
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel10300
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3408Hall; Basil (1788 - 1844); naval officer and author1788 - 1844
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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