RefNo | HS/20/56 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Crooked Crabtree, St. Leonard's Forest |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 19 August 1818 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks William Whewell for and expresses agreement with William Whewell's analysis of Simon Stevin. Describes experiments John Frederick William Herschel is conducting on the polarization of light. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Crooked Crabtree, St. Leonard's Forest, West Sussex |
Origin coordinates | 51.063, A0.268 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.2074 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9039
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6578 | Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science | 1794 - 1866 |