Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, Collingwood, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society]
Reference number: MC/6/244
Date: 15 August 1862
Description
Regarding Herschel's reduction of a general catalogue of nebulae to 1880, for which the Society had granted him £20. Following communication with the Astronomer Royal [George Biddell Airy], Herschel proposes a slightly broader project and requests an additional grant of approximately £16 for a reduction to 1860.
- Reference number
- MC/6/244
- Earliest possible date
- 15 August 1862
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, Collingwood, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society], 15 August 1862, MC/6/244, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_6_244/letter-from-j-f-w-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-general-edward-sabine-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 25 April 2025
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Hierarchy
Related Fellows
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Edward Sabine
Recipient -
John Frederick William Herschel
Creator -
George Biddell Airy
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