Record

RefNoHS/14/123
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Anthony Proctor, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date11 May 1870
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Thanks Richard Anthony Proctor for sending Richard Anthony Proctor's Other Worlds than Ours and supplies comments, some favorable, on numerous claims made therein, e.g., on Richard Anthony Proctor's theory that Jupiter and Saturn are hot and to some degree luminous.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialHS/24/312
RelatedRecordHS/24/312
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8731
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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