RefNo | HS/17/32 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 1 July 1856 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on George Gabriel Stokes's ideas [see George Gabriel Stokes's 1856-6-27] about the nature of fluorescence. Asks for strong horseshoe magnets from Royal Society [of London] to try to solve the problem of 'Mahomet's coffin.' |
Language | English |
Extent | 7pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Copies: HS/23/173; HS/25/10/9 |
RelatedRecord | HS/23/173 |
HS/25/10/9 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1384
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903) | 1819 - 1903 |