RefNo | HS/15 |
Level | SubSeries |
Title | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 15 Sabine-Selwyn |
Date | 1820-1870 |
Description | Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Prominent correspondents include: Sir Edward Sabine; Giovanni Santini; Christian Friedrich Schonbein; Heinrich Christian Schumacher; Adam Sedgwick; William Selwyn; Sir Charles Shadwell. |
Extent | 1 volume; 518 letters |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Documents tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. |
Arrangement | Roughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group. |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |