| RefNo | HS/24/255 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Robert Waterhouse, dated at Collingwood |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Recipient | Waterhouse; George Robert (1810-1888); naturalist; curator of the Zoological Society of London Museum |
| Date | 1 April 1869 |
| Description | Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks for answers and for notice on Apteryx [Maerurus ?], which John Frederick William Herschel remembers watching Richard Owen inspect. Interested in W. B. Carpenter's and C. W. Thomson's ['Bathybius?]' as origin of chalk-flint. Discusses inorganic chemical allotropes. Organic allotropes may exist, serving as 'agents of vital action' and subject to a higher power. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 6pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | HS/18/107 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7903
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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 |