RefNo | HS/16/484 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Herbert Spencer, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 12 January 1860 |
Description | Contemporary copy of the letter. [Responding to Herbert Spencer's 1859-12-31,] John Frederick William Herschel presents additional problems in the nebular hypothesis, critiques in detail Herbert Spencer's views of the distribution of cometary orbits, and argues against Herbert Spencer's theory of sunspot formation. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | HS/23/294 |
RelatedRecord | HS/23/294 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8504
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |