RefNo | HS/17/351 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Thomson |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 11 August 1868 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on William Thomson's paper on geological time. Unsatisfied with the efficiency of tidal friction in retarding the rotation of the earth. Considers effect of external attraction on a rotating body to relate to momentum. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | n.p. |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Copy: HS/24/224 |
RelatedRecord | HS/24/224 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4184
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist | 1824 - 1907 |