Record

RefNoHS/7/343
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, dated at 56 Devonshire St.
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date9 May 1825
DescriptionDraft letter. Copies of the Eloge, which Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier sent, are still at the Customs house so he is unable to comment on it. A list of his father's works is to be found in the Index to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Gives a list of all the discoveries and inventions of his father.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin56 Devonshire St., Portland Place, London
Origin coordinates51.52023, -0.14499
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialHS/20/211
RelatedRecordHS/20/211
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9602
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA7975Fourier; Jean Baptiste Joseph (1768 - 1830)1768 - 1830
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