Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Letter, from Norman Pogson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hartwell, Aylesbury

Reference number: HS/14/1

Date: 17 March 1860

Description

Autograph letter signed by sender. Dissatisfied with [F. W. A.] Angelander's nomenclature of variable stars; seeks John Frederick William Herschel's approval of NP's nomenclature for the new 'Hartwell Atlas of Variable Stars.'

Reference number
HS/14/1
Earliest possible date
17 March 1860
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Norman Robert Pogson

View page for Norman Robert Pogson

Use this record

Citation

Norman Robert Pogson, Letter, from Norman Pogson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hartwell, Aylesbury, 17 March 1860, HS/14/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_1/letter-from-norman-pogson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hartwell-aylesbury, accessed on 14 March 2026

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_14_1/letter-from-norman-pogson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hartwell-aylesbury" title="Letter, from Norman Pogson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hartwell, Aylesbury" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • Herschel Letters

    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

    View collection