RefNo | HS/19/284 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Augusta Ada King, Lady Lovelace to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ashley-Combe, Somerset |
Creator | King; Augusta Ada Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852); née Byron; mathematician |
Date | 12 October 1848 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Quotes passage from A. E. P. Gasparin comparing John Frederick William Herschel's actinometer to other such instruments. Seeks John Frederick William Herschel's opinion of Adolphe Quetelet's hypothesis of heat. Question on photographic chemicals and 'calorific rays.' |
Language | English |
Extent | 13pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Ashley Combe House, Porlock, Somerset |
Origin coordinates | 51.208796, -3.595557 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8399
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |