RefNo | HS/22/61 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 6 August 1840 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Asks William Whewell to write letters of introduction for [James] Innes, an educator from the Cape. Comments on William Whewell's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, expressing reservations about its a prioristic approach. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20745 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9112
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6578 | Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science | 1794 - 1866 |