Discusses comet observations, together with variations from different observers. HO offers some historical fragments about the planet Venus, and about the Lilienthal telescope.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel12319
From
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
To
Sir John Herschel
Date
[28 December 1827]
Sent from
Bremen
Source of text
RS:HS 13.175
Physical description
ALS 3pp (German)
Additional information
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by
Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by
Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by
Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library