Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/25/10/13
Date: 14 November 1856
Description
Copy of two letters sent as single post. Recto: Herschel is sending in his report on Pole's paper [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1856-11-9].
Verso: Thanks the council of the Royal Society [of London] through George Gabriel Stokes for the gift of a portrait of Nicholas Copernicus noted to have arrived that afternoon.
- Reference number
- HS/25/10/13
- Earliest possible date
- 14 November 1856
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
- Also available on Epsilon
- View
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood, 14 November 1856, HS/25/10/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_10_13/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-gabriel-stokes-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 10 May 2026
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_10_13/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-gabriel-stokes-dated-at-collingwood
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_25_10_13/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-gabriel-stokes-dated-at-collingwood" title="Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
-
Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to George Gabriel Stokes, from 13 November 1849 to 19 July 1867
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/10
Related Fellows
-
John Frederick William Herschel
Creator -
George Gabriel Stokes
Recipient
Map
Explore the collection
-
Herschel Letters
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
View collection