| RefNo | HS/11/103 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Pierre Simon Laplace to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris |
| Creator | Laplace; Pierre-Simon Marquis de (1749-1827); French scholar |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 4 November 1824 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending the fourth volume of his own Mecanique celeste; comments on various parts. Work is being done on the figure of the earth. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Paris, France |
| Origin coordinates | 48.856667, 2.352222 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11214
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |