RefNo | HS/24/177 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 26 November 1866 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Comments on a multi-volume work on India by the Schlaginweits [Hermann and Robert], suggesting that the work contains much extraneous computation and detail and should be compressed. Questions whether further publication on the present scale is justified. |
Language | English |
Extent | 7pp |
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/Herschel9693
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6473 | Gascoyne-Cecil; Robert Arthur Talbot (1830 - 1903); 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | 1830 - 1903 |