RefNo | HS/25/6/4 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 30 June 1840 |
Description | Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. In light of minutes of R.S.L. Council meeting, outlines vision of permanent national physical observatory and, more importantly, an experimental institute or college. Hopes Edward Sabine will be interested. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: RS LUB.H.357 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3329
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA5949 | Lubbock; John (1834 - 1913); 1st Baron Avebury | 1834 - 1913 |