RefNo | HS/11/438 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 5 March 1865 |
Description | Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Comments on why John Frederick William Herschel gave 239 degrees F as the temperature of space. Geological specimens may be given to the Geological Society or to the Jermyn Street Museum. |
Language | English |
Extent | 9pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: APS B.D25.L.12 ; copy: HS/24/98; copy: HS/24/99 |
RelatedRecord | HS/24/98 |
HS/24/99 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1508
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8255 | Lyell; Sir; Charles (1797 - 1875) | 1797 - 1875 |