| RefNo | HS/14/277 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Adolphe Quetelet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brussels |
| Creator | Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | March 1835 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Even though John Frederick William Herschel has not written, Adolphe Quetelet has received news from John Frederick William Herschel's compatriots. Asks about John Frederick William Herschel's health. Has not really used equatorial. Continues work on terrestrial magnetism and includes observations. Asks if John Frederick William Herschel has received last part of translation of John Frederick William Herschel's work on optics. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 2pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Brussels, Belgium |
| Origin coordinates | 50.846667, 4.3525 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3112
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2866 | Quetelet; Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796 - 1874) | 1796 - 1874 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |