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Reference numberHS/21/228
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Feldhausen
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date20 August 1837
DescriptionCopy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks for William Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences and for dedicating it to John Frederick William Herschel. Has read volume I, being especially impressed by William Whewell's stress on hypothesizing. Recounts difficulties in getting tidal observations for William Whewell. Is sending back a large number of John Frederick William Herschel's astronomical observations.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originFeldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Origin coordinates-33.980556, 18.465278
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Access statusOpen
Related materialOriginal available: TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20730
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9095
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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