Reference number | HS/23/345 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to M M Breguet, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 5 November 1861 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. On a committee appointed by the British Association, to send up balloons 'to investigate the relations of temperature, pressure, and other meteorological elements in the higher atmosphere'. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |