| Reference number | HS/17/351a |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from William Thomson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Largs by Greenock |
| Creator | William Thomson |
| Date | 24 September 1868 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Replies in detail to John Frederick William Herschel's objection to explaining the retardation of the earth's rotation as due to tidal friction, John Frederick William Herschel having urged that this effect should be analyzed in terms of momentum rather than of vis viva [kinetic energy], as William Thomson maintained. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 12pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Largs by Greenock |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| URL description | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4360
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |