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RefNoHS/14/482
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from [Elihu] Rich to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hatton Garden
CreatorRich; Elihu (1819–75); English writer; translator
Date7 December 1847
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Sends Principles of Natural Philosophy from the Swedenborg Association. Published nearly one century earlier, its contents should interest John Frederick William Herschel. Contains a nebular theory commonly attributed to [P. S.] Laplace.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originHatton Garden
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2248
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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