| RefNo | HS/10 |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Title | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 10 Howard-J miscellaneous |
| Date | 1816-1871 |
| Description | Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Prominent correspondents include: Luke Howard; Frederick Howlett; William Huggins; Friedrich Alexander von Humboldt; Robert Hunt; Thomas Henry Huxley; Sir Robert Harry Inglis; James Ivory; Henry James; Henry A Jeffreys; Thomas Best Jervis; William Stanley Jevons; Manuel John Johnson; Henry Bence Jones; Richard Jones; James Prescott Joule. |
| Extent | 1 volume; 451 letters |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders. |
| Arrangement | Roughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |