Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 26 letters related to specific topics
Reference number: HS/26
Date: 1823-1854
Description
Incoming and outgoing orrespondence relating to:
British Association for the Advancement of Science: HS/26/1 to HS/26/24
The Telescope Glass Committee: HS/26/25 to HS/26/47
The Talbot v. Henderson dispute of patent: HS/26/48 to HS/26/60
The Royal Society and Board of Trade: HS/26/61 to HS/26/72
Draft, original letters and copy letters in Herschel's hand
Typed index for the volume preceding the letters
- Reference number
- HS/26
- Earliest possible date
- 1823-1854
- Page extent
- 1 box; 72 letters
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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 26 letters related to specific topics, 1823-1854, HS/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_26/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-26-letters-related-to-specific-topics, accessed on 21 March 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 73 manuscripts:
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Copy letter, from John Phillips to Sir John Herschel, dated at Newcastle on Tyne
1838-8-20 or later Creator: John Phillips Reference number: HS/26/1 -
Letter, from John Phillips to Sir John Herschel, dated at York
25 November 1839 Creator: John Phillips Reference number: HS/26/2 -
Letter, from John Phillips to Sir John Herschel, dated at York
19 October 1840 Creator: John Phillips Reference number: HS/26/3 -
Letter, from John Phillips to Sir John Herschel, dated at York
19 October 1840 Creator: John Phillips Reference number: HS/26/4
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
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John Frederick William Herschel
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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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