Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Jean Baptiste Biot, dated at Cambridge

Reference number: HS/4/87

Date: 25 April 1820

Description

Draft letter. Fears that a letter written to him in November may not have reached him. Will send him a copy of his paper of colors. A Philosophical Society has been formed at Cambridge.

Reference number
HS/4/87
Earliest possible date
25 April 1820
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
Also available on Epsilon
View Also available on Epsilon (external link, opens in new tab)

Creator name

John Frederick William Herschel

View page for John Frederick William Herschel

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Jean Baptiste Biot, dated at Cambridge, 25 April 1820, HS/4/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_87/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-jean-baptiste-biot-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 04 December 2024

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_87/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-jean-baptiste-biot-dated-at-cambridge

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_4_87/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-jean-baptiste-biot-dated-at-cambridge" title="Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Jean Baptiste Biot, dated at Cambridge" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • Herschel Letters

    Dates: 1807-1875

    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.

    View collection