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RefNoHS/19/105
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Radcliffe Birt, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date28 July 1843
DescriptionRough draft version of the following item in Herschel's hand. John Frederick William Herschel's theory of barometric waves. Comparison with ocean tides. Notes the important of large waves. Compares to an advancing form and a molecular movement, with a two-fold motion of each particle, vertical and horizontal. Mentions invariable dynamical connexion. Birt's note of Brussels "wind-rose" or law of periodicity of winds at Brussels is worthy of attention.
LanguageEnglish
Extent6pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
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AccessStatusOpen
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URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8300
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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