RefNo | HS/18/12 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Thomas Walker, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 24 December 1863 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Received tables of heights recorded in 'Sind, the Punjab, N.W. Provinces, and Central Asia.' Sees scientific interest in James Thomas Walker's described effect of refraction on levelling. Work is important to irrigation. |
Language | English |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7804
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6271 | Walker; James Thomas (1826 - 1896) | 1826 - 1896 |