Describes his observational activities, especially the discovery of the variable nature of Eta Argo, and the rediscovery of the sixth satellite of Saturn.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel12486
From
Sir John Herschel
To
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date
1837-12-16/17
Sent from
Feldhausen
Source of text
RS:HS 13.352 & 21.234
Physical description
draft 6pp
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