RefNo | HS/25/4/14 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, dated at Feldhausen |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 8 September 1835 |
Description | Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Comments on Charles Wheatstone's work on light and on the velocity of electricity. John Frederick William Herschel's ruminations lead him to the idea of motion pictures. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa |
Origin coordinates | -33.980556, 18.465278 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Copy: HS/25/11/1 |
RelatedRecord | HS/25/11/1 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1056
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA7559 | Wheatstone; Sir; Charles (1802 - 1875); physicist | 1802 - 1875 |