RefNo | HS/10/321 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 23 November 1865 |
Description | Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Is grateful for his valuable work on the Coal question. Such a work has been long wanted. Used to have a theory himself that the tides might be utilized, but working it out found it was not economic. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: John Rylands University Library of Manchester ; copy: HS/24/129 |
RelatedRecord | HS/24/129 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8792
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6360 | Jevons; William Stanley (1835 - 1882); economist | 1835 - 1882 |