Reference number | HS/21/136 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Slough |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 16 May 1833 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. About observing binary stars. John Frederick William Herschel has decided not to accept the offer of passage on a war ship to the Cape of Good Hope, as he wishes to be beholden to no one for the results of the expedition. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Slough, Berkshire |
Origin coordinates | 51.5082, -0.5954 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Original available: RS LUB.H.351 |
URL description | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3404
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA5949 | Lubbock; John (1834 - 1913); 1st Baron Avebury | 1834 - 1913 |