Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Johann Franz Encke, dated at Feldhausen
Reference number: HS/25/5/5
Date: 17 January 1837
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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Tried unsuccessfully to observe Encke's Comet; succeeded in observing Halley's Comet, which John Frederick William Herschel discusses. Mentions John Frederick William Herschel's graphical method of treating orbits of double stars, John Frederick William Herschel's plans to return to England, moon maps, and sunspots.
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- HS/25/5/5
- Earliest possible date
- 17 January 1837
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Johann Franz Encke, dated at Feldhausen, 17 January 1837, HS/25/5/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_5_5/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-johann-franz-encke-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 16 July 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 5, from 23 February 1836 to 29 November 1839
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/5
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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