RefNo | HS/18/403 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Joseph Whitworth, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 27 September 1862 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Quotes report of limitations in Joseph Whitworth's new artillery shell for penetrating ironclad vessels. Recounts John Frederick William Herschel's [Apr. 1836] experiments at Cape of Good Hope to increase explosive power of gunpowder by adding [Luke] Howard's fulminating mercury. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | HS/23/387 |
RelatedRecord | HS/23/387 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8136
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA2851 | Whitworth; Sir; Joseph (1803 - 1887) | 1803 - 1887 |