RefNo | HS/10/326 |
Level | Item |
Title | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 30 June 1866 |
Description | Draft in John Herschel's hand. Many thanks for the Preface to the second edition of William Jevons's pamphlet, and for the extract on tides. Comments on this and the use of tidal power. Was disappointed at not being able to visit Manchester but suffered a severe fall. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: John Rylands University Library of Manchester |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8794
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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 |