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RefNoHS/18/182
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College
CreatorWilliam Whewell
Date3 June 1831
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Returns the collection of optical writings that John Frederick William Herschel had sent. Comments on the controversy over the nature of light. Criticizes paper by Richard Potter attacking John Frederick William Herschel and other wave theorists of light.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originTrinity College, Cambridge
Origin coordinates52.207, 0.1146
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9078
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6578Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science1794 - 1866
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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