| RefNo | HS/18/378 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from [J.?] Watermeyer to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Orange St. [Cape of Good Hope] |
| Creator | [Frederick Stephanus Joubert?] Watermeyer (1797-1847); South-African businessman; founding member of the South African Institution; shareholder to the Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 31 October 1834 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. J. Watermeyer's 'tabular scheme,' employing Price's method, is only a first attempt and yields life probabilities too low for Cape Colony, where births exceed deaths. Will submit recent data next week. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 7pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | 3 Orange St., Cape of Good Hope |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8112
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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 |