RefNo | HS/25/5/3 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Roderick Impey Murchison, dated at Feldhausen |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 15 November 1836 |
Description | Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Some geological samples have been lost on the way to England; John Frederick William Herschel comments on his ideas of the effect of the earth's hot core on the construction of the earth's crust. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa |
Origin coordinates | A33.980556, 18.465278 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1060
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8081 | Murchison; Sir; Roderick Impey (1792 - 1871); geologist and geographer | 1792 - 1871 |