Letter, from James Nasmyth to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/13/86

Date: 26 May 1865

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has great pleasure in receiving a visit from W. C. Morland. Will be pleased to visit the Herschels. Has been travelling in Italy; visited Vesuvius and also called on Angelo Secchi, who was engaged in making a model of the sun's disc and using oat corn grains to illustrate the willow leaf effects.

Reference number: HS/13/86
Earliest possible date: 26 May 1865
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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James Hall Nasmyth

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James Hall Nasmyth, Letter, from James Nasmyth to Sir John Herschel, 26 May 1865, HS/13/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_86/letter-from-james-nasmyth-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 06 September 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 13 M miscellaneous-Plana
1812-1869 Reference number: HS/13

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John Frederick William Herschel
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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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