| RefNo | HS/18/107 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Robert Waterhouse, dated at Collingwood |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Recipient | Waterhouse; George Robert (1810-1888); naturalist; curator of the Zoological Society of London Museum |
| Date | 1 April 1869 |
| Description | Autographed draft letter. Thanks for answers and for notice on Apteryx [Maerurus ?], which John Frederick William Herschel remembers watching Richard Owen inspect. Interested in W. B. Carpenter's and C. W. Thomson's ['Bathybius?]' as origin of chalk-flint. Discusses inorganic chemical allotropes. Organic allotropes may exist, serving as 'agents of vital action' and subject to a higher power. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 6pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | HS/24/255 |
| RelatedRecord | HS/24/255 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7903
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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 |