| RefNo | HS/11/398 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough |
| Creator | Lubbock; Sir; John William; third baronet (1803-1865); British astronomer and banker |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 11 September 1861 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been looking at John Frederick William Herschel's treatise on meteorology, especially the part relating to the barometrical formula. It seems that John Frederick William Herschel missed John William Lubbock's paper on refraction published in Transactions of the Astronomical Society, and is therefore not aware of the true nature of P. S. Laplace's atmosphere; comments on this. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 6pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | High Elms, Farnborough, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.351, 0.075 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11485
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7010 | Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865) | 1803 - 1865 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |