| RefNo | HS/24/168 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Incomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell |
| Creator | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer and mathematician |
| Recipient | Charles Lyell |
| Date | 1 October 1866 |
| Description | Copy of a letter, incomplete. Comments on the relationship between the plane of the earth's orbit and the obliquity of the ecliptic. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | n.p. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11631
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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 |
| NA8255 | Lyell; Sir; Charles (1797 - 1875) | 1797 - 1875 |