RefNo | HS/21/25 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater, dated at Southampton |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 1 August 1828 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Comments on a paper about differential calculus, prepared by Mr. Knight, which John Frederick William Herschel confesses he does not understand. Adds some astronomical observations John Frederick William Herschel made at Slough before leaving there, and noting the appearance of J. F. Encke's Berlin Ephemeris concludes with 'England is fated to lag in the rear of all her neighbours—at least in science.' |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Southampton, Hampshire |
Origin coordinates | 50.9025, -1.404167 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: DMC 695A.885.6 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1930
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA1206 | Kater; Henry (1777 - 1835) | 1777 - 1835 |