Record

RefNoHS/11/269
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Humphrey Lloyd to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College, Dublin
CreatorHumphrey Lloyd
Date16 March 1839
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Was pleased to hear of the success of John Frederick William Herschel's exertions. Comments on the instruments required. Thanks for his communication on the copper ring; will try it with the bifilar. W. H. F. Talbot talks of applying the photographic method to meteorological and magnetical instruments. Encloses a paper.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place originTrinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Origin coordinates53.3444, A6.2577
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11361
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8252Lloyd; Humphrey (1800 - 1881)1800 - 1881
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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