Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to D. Francois J. Arago
Reference number: HS/1/361
Date: 3 April 1837
Description
Draft letter. Regarding the meteor seen in New York. Gives tables of meteors seen during a specified time. Comments on the phenomenon of meteors. Sun spots.
- Reference number
- HS/1/361
- Earliest possible date
- 3 April 1837
- Page extent
- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
- Also available on Epsilon
- View
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to D. Francois J. Arago, 3 April 1837, HS/1/361, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_361/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-d-francois-j-arago, accessed on 17 February 2026
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_361/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-d-francois-j-arago
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_1_361/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-d-francois-j-arago" title="Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to D. Francois J. Arago" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Related Records
-
Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to D. François J. Arago
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/21/219
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
-
Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 1 Abbe-Auwers
1819-1875 Reference number: HS/1
Related Fellows
-
John Frederick William Herschel
Creator -
Dominique Francois Jean Arago
Recipient
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