| RefNo | HS/24/94 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Recipient | Charles Lyell |
| Date | 19 February 1865 |
| Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks for his Elements [of Geology]. Evidence from the Arctic shells is decisive. Sends drawings by book post. Comments on these drawings. Near Arezzo are similar phenomena in a soft sandy limestone. Measured the tallest column at Riten and found it 74' 10 from stone cap to base." |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Original available: APS B.D25.L.10 draft: RS:HS 11.435 & 24.94 & 95); copy: HS/11/435; copy: HS/24/95 |
| RelatedRecord | HS/11/435 |
| HS/24/95 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1506
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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 |
| NA8255 | Lyell; Sir; Charles (1797 - 1875) | 1797 - 1875 |