| Reference number | HS/17/78 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from George Gabriel Stokes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Armagh |
| Creator | George Gabriel Stokes |
| Date | 28 September 1870 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's concerns about actinometric measurements [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1870-9-20]; recommends the study of periodicity of waves on Atlantic Coast. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 14pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Armagh, Ireland |
| Origin coordinates | 54.3499, -6.6546 |
| 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/Herschel1468
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |