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RefNoHS/11/399
LevelItem
TitleIncomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date14 September 1861
DescriptionIncomplete clean copy of a letter. About the barometric formula for the measurement of heights. Herschel does not possess the Transactions of the Astronomical Society, which contains John William Lubbock's paper. Had to limit the scope of his article so could not deal with the point mentioned in John William Lubbock's letter. Comments on P. S. Laplace's formula.
LanguageEnglish
Extent5pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialHS/23/339; HS/11/400
RelatedRecordHS/23/339
HS/11/400
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11486
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA7010Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865)1803 - 1865
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