Herschel family

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0064 HRS
Held at	: National Maritime Museum   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Herschel family
Date(s)	: [1795-1886]
Level of description	: Collection View subfonds/series records
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 & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

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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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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jul 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
2010-08-26