Record

RefNoHS/12/255
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John F. McLennan, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date18 November 1866
DescriptionCopy of a letter. Regarding the inventor of the compensation bars. Would not attribute their invention to Thomas Drummond in the light of J. E. Portlock's evidence. Thanks for the paper on ancient Greek kinship.
LanguageEnglish
Extent6pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialHS/24/176
RelatedRecordHS/24/176
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11893
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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