Record

RefNoMS/257/2/271
AltRefNoSa.653
Previous numbersES2/52/653
LevelItem
TitleCopy of a letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to the Committee of Physics
Date11 November 1846
DescriptionCopy of a letter, in unknown hand, likely for circulation for the Committee of Physics.

Herschel is unable to attend the meeting of the Committee of Physics personally to discuss ‘the subject of recommending to the Council the award of a Royal Medal’. Herschel draws the Committee’s attention to paper of [Philosophical Transactions] of The [Royal] Society, especially the ‘contribution to terrestrial magnetism by Colonel [Edward] Sabine’. Description of Sabine’s work in terrestrial magnetism and its importance to science. Contains a list of Sabine’s contribution in the [Philosophical] Transactions. Refers to observations, observers, and instruments.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordHS/25/7/3
MS/257/2/270
MS/257/2/269
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3274
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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