RefNo | HS/19/147 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Jacques Babinet, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 4 February 1862 |
Description | Contemporary copy in sender's hand, partly signed by sender. Notes ingenuity of Jacques Babinet's gravimetric balance. Astonished that it did not occur to anyone before. [Letter continues 5 Feb.:] Suggestion for improving torsion thread arrangement. |
Language | English |
Extent | 6pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8344
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |