Record

RefNoHS/22/241
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date10 June 1845
DescriptionCopy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Hopes to add James Forbes's name to B.A.A.S. Meteorological Committee, and to see James Forbes at Cambridge meeting of the committee.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialOriginal available: St. Andrews 73
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3597
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA6280Forbes; James David (1809 - 1868); natural philosopher1809 - 1868
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