Reference number | HS/14 |
Level | SubSeries |
Title | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous |
Date | 1810-1871 |
Description | Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Prominent correspondents include: Simeon Denis Poisson; Sir William Pole; Sir Frederick Pollock; George Richardson Porter; Baden Powell; John Eustace Prescott; Bartholomew Price; James Prinsep; Charles Pritchard; Richard Antony Proctor; Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet; Henri Victor Regnault; William Reid; Stephen Peter Rignauld; William Ritchie; Thomas Romney Robinson; Alexander Rogers; Sir Francis Ronalds; James Clark Ross; Lord John Russell; Sir Edward Ryan. |
Extent | 1 volume; 517 letters |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders. |
Arrangement | Roughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group. |
Roughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group. |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA7948 | Ross; Sir; James Clark (1800 - 1862) | 1800 - 1862 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |