RefNo | HS/18/211 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge |
Creator | William Whewell |
Date | 12 March 1845 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Explains to John Frederick William Herschel that William Whewell's Indications of the Creator was written to counteract [Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation. Comments critically on William Hopkins's glacial theory. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Trinity Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge |
Origin coordinates | 52.207, 0.1146 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9141
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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 |