IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 HRS
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Herschel family
Date(s): [1795-1886]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 box; 3 vols; 1 file
Name of creator(s): Herschel | Sir | John Frederick William | 1792-1871 | 1st Baronet | astronomer
Herschel | Sir | William | 1738-1822 | Knight | astronomer and musician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
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CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir John Frederick William Herschel consisting of notes, news cuttings and Lady Herschel's housekeeping accounts for 1832 to 1838 and for 1852 to 1886; papers concerning the family's Molyneux chronometer together with a description of Sir John's barometer, 1832 to 1833.
Papers of Sir William Frederick Herschel . There are three volumes of cash accounts kept by Lady Herschel between 1795 and 1825. The first gives details of Sir William's salary as Court Astronomer and of the proceeds from selling telescopes; the other two are housekeeping accounts. There are also letters, proofs and notes about the publication of Herschel's catalogues of the brightness of stars and pamphlets about him and his sister, Caroline, who assisted him with his observations.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
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Conditions governing reproduction:
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Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
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ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jul 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26