Record

RefNoHS/12/264
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Norman Macleod, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date1 December 1862
DescriptionDraft letter. Regrets delay in answering letter but has been away from Collingwood and letter was not forwarded. Is unwilling to write article for another journal as he is already producing articles for an editor. Would editor of Good Words be interested in printing three lectures he gave at Hawkhurst on volcanoes, comets, and the sun? Could work this up for an article.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialHS/23/398
RelatedRecordHS/23/398
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11902
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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