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Reference numberHS/8/171
LevelItem
TitleIncomplete letter, from James A. Gordon to Sir John Herschel, dated at 16 Suffolk St.
CreatorJames Alexander Gordon
RecipientJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date11 January 1844
DescriptionAutographed letter, incomplete. Returned home full of health after his stay with John Frederick William Herschel. Visited the Pirie's at Maidstone. Someone suggested John Frederick William Herschel was the author of Vestiges. Mr. Pirie agrees with their project. Experiments by electricity for inducing plant growth. Mrs. Pirie has been giving him details of mesmerism at Maidstone.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin16 Suffolk St.
Origin coordinates51.508727, -0.130902
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9837
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5981Gordon; James Alexander (1793 - 1872); physician1793 - 1872
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer1792 - 1871
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