Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Anthony Proctor, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/24/277
Date: 20 August 1869
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Discusses Olbers's Paradox, raises objections to Richard Anthony Proctor's argument for the existence of dark celestial matter, and points out problems in Richard Anthony Proctor's method of measuring stellar diameters.
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- HS/24/277
- Earliest possible date
- 20 August 1869
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Anthony Proctor, dated at Collingwood, 20 August 1869, HS/24/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_277/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-richard-anthony-proctor-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 17 March 2026
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