| RefNo | HS/23/173 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood |
| Creator | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer and mathematician |
| Recipient | George Gabriel Stokes |
| Date | 1 July 1856 |
| Description | Copy of a letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Comments on George Gabriel Stokes's ideas [see George Gabriel Stokes's 1856-6-27] about the nature of fluorescence. Asks for strong horseshoe magnets from Royal Society [of London] to try to solve the problem of 'Mahomet's coffin.' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 7pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Original: HS/17/32; Copy: HS/25/10/9 |
| RelatedRecord | HS/17/32 |
| HS/25/10/9 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1384
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); First Baronet; physicist | 1819 - 1903 |