RefNo | HS/22/304 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 1 March 1847 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Believes all actinometric measurements made are useless because they did not take into account the rate of expansion of the liquid, which is not constant. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: St. Andrews 10a |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3541
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6280 | Forbes; James David (1809 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1809 - 1868 |