RefNo | HS/18/188 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College |
Creator | William Whewell |
Date | 4 December 1836 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Reports on his tidal studies and requests further observations from South Africa. William Whewell's history of the inductive sciences is in press and William Whewell has begun a philosophy of the inductive sciences. Discusses Richard Jones's career and Charles Darwin's return to England. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
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/Herschel9093
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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 |