RefNo | HS/13/408 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Piddington to Sir John Herschel, dated at Calcutta |
Creator | Piddington; Henry (1797-1858); meteorologist; curator of the Museum of Economic Geology in Calcutta; sub-secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal |
Date | 10 March 1853 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Of the general ignorance of meteorological matters, especially among sailors; wider distribution of H. Piddington's works would help, but HP is too poor to do that. |
Language | English |
Extent | 8pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Calcutta, [Kolkata], India |
Origin coordinates | 22.5675, 88.37 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel12538
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |