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Reference numberHS/20/77
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 49 Charlotte St., Portland Place
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date1 December 1819
DescriptionCopy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Praises William Whewell's new book [Elementary Treatise on Mechanics]; is working to get William Whewell elected to the R.S.L. Criticizes a pamphlet by George Peacock. Comments on rules proposed for the new Cambridge Philosophical Society.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin49 Charlotte St., Portland Place, London
Origin coordinates51.519701, -0.136023
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Access statusOpen
Related materialOriginal available: TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.2075
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9041
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA6578Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science1794 - 1866
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