RefNo | HS/19/126 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Radcliffe Birt, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 7 October 1847 |
Description | Copy of a letter. John Frederick William Herschel avoids participating in meteorological enquiry. Suggests improvements on William Radcliffe Birt's plan to establish government office to collect and publish meteorological reports from worldwide network of military stations. Has read Francis Ronalds's papers. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | HS/22/328 |
RelatedRecord | HS/22/328 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8323
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |