Suggests that meteors come sometimes from the sun, more typically from other stars.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel8747
From
Richard Anthony Proctor
To
Sir John Herschel
Date
[4 March 1871]
Sent from
5 Trigon Road, Kennington
Source of text
RS:HS 14.133
Physical description
ALS 4pp
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