| RefNo | HS/24/87 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Croll, dated at Collingwood |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 6 February 1865 |
| Description | Incomplete copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. In response to comments in a paper by James Croll, John Frederick William Herschel writes to establish his priority with respect to the significance of the revolution of the apsides of the earth's orbit and the eccentricity of the earth's orbit in affecting temperatures on the earth. John Frederick William Herschel had spelled this out in an 1830 paper for the Transactions of the Geological Society, and repeated it in his Outlines Astr. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Original available: APS B.D25.L.7; copy: HS/24/88; copy: HS/5/300 |
| RelatedRecord | HS/24/88 |
| HS/5/300 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1503
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA6453 | Croll; James (1821 - 1890) | 1821 - 1890 |