RefNo | HS/18/182 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College |
Creator | William Whewell |
Date | 3 June 1831 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Returns the collection of optical writings that John Frederick William Herschel had sent. Comments on the controversy over the nature of light. Criticizes paper by Richard Potter attacking John Frederick William Herschel and other wave theorists of light. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Origin coordinates | 52.207, 0.1146 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9078
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6578 | Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science | 1794 - 1866 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |