RefNo | HS/18/174 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College |
Creator | William Whewell |
Date | 20 September 1828 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Will sponsor John Frederick William Herschel for the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Discusses William Whewell's published report of William Whewell's Dolcoath mine experiments. Comments on mineralogical classification. Promises to send books to John Frederick William Herschel on sound and music. |
Language | English |
Extent | 5pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Origin coordinates | 52.207, 0.1146 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9066
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6578 | Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science | 1794 - 1866 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |