RefNo | HS/24/241 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 26 November 1868 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Thanks for paper on action of solar and electric light on vapors, which should give John Tyndall further insight into blue color of sky and polarization of skylight. Comments on the latter. John Frederick William Herschel's son [Alexander] is working hard at Glasgow. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3526
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8293 | Tyndall; John (1820 - 1893); natural philosopher | 1820 - 1893 |