Typewritten letter signed, dated : [London] July 12 1897, to an unidentified recipient, 1897 July 12.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Typewritten letter signed, dated : [London] July 12 1897, to an unidentified recipient, 1897 July 12.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270666498

Listing some books on the southern skies, and expressing the hope that the recipient will enjoy his trip to Australia.

1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7199968

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c04dk (corporateBody)

Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd43xw (person)

Educated at City of London School. After a few years of business he decided to devote himself to astronomy. F. R. A. S. 1854. In 1856 he built an observatory at Tulse Hill and applied to stars the methods of Kirchhofs researches into the chemical constitution of the sun. In conjunction with William Allen Miller (F. R. S. 1845) he devised the star spectroscope and showed that in structure the stars resemble the sun. F. R. S. 1865. Royal Medal 1866. Rumford Medal 1880. Copley Medal 1898. President...