Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Woronzow Greig, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/177
Date: 2 August 1856
Description
Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Returns Mary Somerville's note and the papers. Does not feel competent to give his opinion on the papers as a whole as there are parts outside his field of study. Comments on some of the points raised, and on the whole he disagrees with the conclusions of the papers.
- Reference number
- HS/23/177
- Earliest possible date
- 2 August 1856
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Woronzow Greig, dated at Collingwood, 2 August 1856, HS/23/177, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_177/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-woronzow-greig-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 February 2026
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