RefNo | HS/13/339 |
Level | Item |
Title | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Hasledine Pepys, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 9 November 1845 |
Description | Draft letter. Asks WP to recall the particulars of an experimental session [see WP's 1823-3-11] where John Frederick William Herschel tried to demonstrate the polarization of light by an electrical current in a coil of wire. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | HS/22/256 |
RelatedRecord | HS/22/256 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel12473
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA7547 | Pepys; William Hasledine (1775 - 1856); surgical instrument maker and natural philosopher | 1775 - 1856 |