Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry James

Reference number: HS/23/194

Date: 3 April 1857

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Copy of a letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks for his letter and projection. Compares it with one of his own devising and encloses a chart of the isothermal lines of the Northern hemisphere. Has used a different system for his Cape Results.

Reference number: HS/23/194
Earliest possible date: 3 April 1857
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry James, 3 April 1857, HS/23/194, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_194/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-henry-james, accessed on 07 March 2026

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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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