Incomplete letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge
Reference number: HS/18/199
Date: 3 January 1842
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Describes life in Trinity Lodge and invites John Frederick William Herschel to visit him there. Is writing on ethics and puzzling over the nature of causation.
- Reference number
- HS/18/199
- Earliest possible date
- 3 January 1842
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Whewell, Incomplete letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge, 3 January 1842, HS/18/199, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_18_199/incomplete-letter-from-william-whewell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-trinity-lodge, accessed on 23 June 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 18 Wackerbarth-Zucchini
1815-1870 Reference number: HS/18
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William Whewell
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John Frederick William Herschel
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