Nicollet, J. N (Joseph Nicolas) 1786-1843 Search this
Subject:
Herschel, John F. W (John Frederick William) Sir 1792-1871 Search this
Physical description:
vi, [7]-63 p. incl. front. 25 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1859
Notes:
A series of articles originally published in the Sun, August, 1835, under title, "Great astronomical discoveries", which purported to be an account of the discoveries of Sir John Herschel at the cape of Good Hope, and which pretended to be reprinted from a supplement to the Edinburgh journal of science (then defunct) Has been ascribed on insufficient evidence to Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. cf. Dict. Amer. biog. ; F. M. O'Brien, The story of the Sun (1918) p. 64-102.
Also available online.
A collection of mostly portraits and clippings, including p.99-115 of the O'Brien article, are loosely inserted at end.
