RefNo | HS/24/85 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 3 February 1865 |
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 the revolution of the apsides of the earth's orbit and its effect on glacier theory; further comments on the earth pyramids of Botzen [see Charles Lyell's 1865-1-31], and associated phenomena. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: APS B.D25.L.6 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1502
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8255 | Lyell; Sir; Charles (1797 - 1875) | 1797 - 1875 |