RefNo | HS/11/399 |
Level | Item |
Title | Incomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 14 September 1861 |
Description | Incomplete clean copy of a letter. About the barometric formula for the measurement of heights. Herschel does not possess the Transactions of the Astronomical Society, which contains John William Lubbock's paper. Had to limit the scope of his article so could not deal with the point mentioned in John William Lubbock's letter. Comments on P. S. Laplace's formula. |
Language | English |
Extent | 5pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | HS/23/339; HS/11/400 |
RelatedRecord | HS/23/339 |
HS/11/400 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11486
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA7010 | Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865) | 1803 - 1865 |