Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Cape Town
Reference number: HS/25/3/18
Date: 28 January 1834
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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Has arrived at Cape Town; finds it an 'Earthly Paradise.' Describes its climate and noteworthy features of the southern heavens. John Frederick William Herschel's views on geology transformed by having read volume III of Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology.
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- HS/25/3/18
- Earliest possible date
- 28 January 1834
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Cape Town, 28 January 1834, HS/25/3/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_3_18/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-whewell-dated-at-cape-town, accessed on 12 February 2026
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This item is part of:
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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 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 3, from 8 December 1831 to 21 September 1834
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/3
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Whewell
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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