RefNo | HS/24/129 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 23 November 1865 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Is grateful for his valuable work on the Coal question. Such a work has been long wanted. Used to have a theory himself that the tides might be utilized, but working it out found it was not economic. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: John Rylands University Library of Manchester ; copy: HS/10/321 |
RelatedRecord | HS/10/321 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8792
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6360 | Jevons; William Stanley (1835 - 1882); economist | 1835 - 1882 |