Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 13 M miscellaneous-Plana
Reference number: HS/13
Date: 1812-1869
Description
Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Prominent correspondents include: Gideon Mantell; William Hallowes Miller; Sir George Thomas Napier; James Nasmyth; John Henry Nelson; Hans Christian Oersted; William Olbers; Abraham Follett Osler; William Brooke O'Shaughnessy; Sir Richard Owen; Robert Treat Paine; William Edward Parry; William Parsons, Earle of Rosse; George Peacock; Sir William Hasledine Pepys; Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland; Giuseppe Piazzi; Gionvanni Antonio Plana.
- Reference number
- HS/13
- Earliest possible date
- 1812-1869
- Physical description
- Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders.
- Page extent
- 1 volume; 440 letters
- Format
- Manuscript
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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 13 M miscellaneous-Plana, 1812-1869, HS/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-13-m-miscellaneous-plana, accessed on 16 March 2026
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 438 manuscripts:
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Letter, from J[ames] McDowell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge
12 July 1867 Creator: James McDowell Reference number: HS/13/1 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to J[ames] McDowell
15 July 1867 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/13/1a -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Duncan MacFarlane, dated at Slough
26 October 1838 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/13/2 -
Letter, from Duncan MacFarlane to Sir John Herschel, dated at Glasgow
30 October 1838 Creator: Duncan Macfarlane Reference number: HS/13/3
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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