| RefNo | HS/12/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John McClelland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Calcutta |
| Creator | McClelland; John (1805-1883); physician; East India Company official; Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden; editor of the Calcutta Journal of Natural History |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 25 December 1842 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending, care of Dr. Grant, the first part of a series of experiments on the magnetic influence of light, which appeared recently in the Calcutta Journal. Has been unable to obtain a characteristic specimen of Kankar in Bengal. Dr. Hugh Falconer is an expert on the Kankar in Bengal and he will try to obtain information from Falconer. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Calcutta, [Kolkata], India |
| Origin coordinates | 22.5675, 88.37 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11641
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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 |