RefNo | HS/25/6/6 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to [Spencer J. A.] Compton, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 8 July 1840 |
Description | Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. The Physical [?] Committee is meeting the next day to deal with the question of establishing a magnetic and meteorological observatory. John Frederick William Herschel [Chair of the Physical Committee?] cannot attend the meeting and sends his supportive, but cautioning, comments. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
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/Herschel1068
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA2272 | Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton | 1790 - 1851 |