Letter, from William Mathews Jr. to Alexander Herschel, dated at Carpenter Rd., Edgbaston

Reference number: HS/12/301

Date: 12 November 1865

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for his paper on the Pyrenees. Has he made any calculations on the depth from which thermal springs derive? The observations made with the spectroscope are interesting. Sent John Frederick William Herschel two memoirs by Count de S. Robert; would like them back and any comments John Frederick William Herschel has to make on them.

Reference number: HS/12/301
Earliest possible date: 12 November 1865
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Jr. Mathews

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William Jr. Mathews, Letter, from William Mathews Jr. to Alexander Herschel, dated at Carpenter Rd., Edgbaston, 12 November 1865, HS/12/301, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_301/letter-from-william-mathews-jr-to-alexander-herschel-dated-at-carpenter-rd-edgbaston, accessed on 20 August 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 12 Macann-Murray
1825-1870 Reference number: HS/12

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