Letter from John Herschel to Captain Beaufort

PART OF:: Collection of autograph letters and notes relating to science and medicine

Made:: 3 February 1836

maker:: Herschel, John Frederick William

The letter chiefly describes Herschel's current intensive work on observing Halley's Comet, '...altogether the most beautiful thing I ever saw in a telescope'.

Details

Measurements:: 220.00mm (height)
250.00mm (width)

Extent:: 1 page

Identifier:: MS/1130

Access:: Open Access

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