| RefNo | HS/9/478 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from William Hopkins to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge |
| Creator | William Hopkins |
| Date | 7 February 1857 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been absent from home, which accounts for his belated reply. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's difficulties in relation to W. H. Hopkins's memoir on the external temperature of the earth. John Frederick William Herschel's son is progressing well. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 8pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Cambridge |
| Origin coordinates | 52.19413, 0.12226 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel10600
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6316 | Hopkins; William (1793 - 1866) | 1793 - 1866 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |