| RefNo | HS/12/303 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from William Mathews, Jr. to Sir John Herschel, dated at Carpenter Rd., Edgbaston |
| Creator | Mathews; William Jr.(1828-1901); mountaineer; botanist; surveyor; founding member of the Alpine Club of London |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 16 September 1868 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. While in Switzerland requested his wife to send to John Frederick William Herschel a little tract on Count de S. Robert's hypsometrical investigations. Found that Robert's formulae worked correctly for ordinary European heights. Realizes that John Frederick William Herschel demolished Robert's theories, but Robert also showed observations on P. S. Laplace's theories. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Carpenter Rd., Edgbaston |
| Origin coordinates | 52.46499, -1.91628 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11941
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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 |