| RefNo | HS/18/37 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place |
| Creator | Henry Warburton |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 3 June 1816 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Discussed John Frederick William Herschel's proposed felspar paper [see Henry Warburton's 1816-4-24] with W. H. Wollaston. Suggests using Wollaston's and [recently deceased Smithson] Tennant's unpublished method to test for alkalis and give Tennant credit for it. James Smithson first coined term 'silicate'. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | 45 Cadogan Place, London |
| Origin coordinates | 51.496667, -0.1575 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7833
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3076 | Warburton; Henry (? 1784 - 1858); politician | ? 1784 - 1858 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |