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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous

Reference number: HS/17

Date: 1821-1870

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: Balfour Stewart; Sir Andrew Stockenstrom; Sir George Gabriel Stokes; William Samuel Stratford; Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve; William Henry Sykes; James Joseph Sylvester; William Henry Fox Talbot; Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston; Isaac Todhunter; William Trant; John Tyndall.

Reference number
HS/17
Earliest possible date
1821-1870
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; 495 letters
Format
Manuscript

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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous, 1821-1870, HS/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-17-stark-v-miscellaneous, accessed on 15 March 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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