Letter, from James Duncan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Denholm near Hawick
Reference number: HS/6/512
Date: 15 June 1859
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Pointing out an error in John Frederick William Herschel's statement in an encyclopaedia that there are no serpents in Borneo.
- Reference number
- HS/6/512
- Earliest possible date
- 15 June 1859
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
- Also available on Epsilon
- View
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
James Matthews Duncan, Letter, from James Duncan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Denholm near Hawick, 15 June 1859, HS/6/512, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_512/letter-from-james-duncan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-denholm-near-hawick, accessed on 07 December 2024
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_512/letter-from-james-duncan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-denholm-near-hawick
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_6_512/letter-from-james-duncan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-denholm-near-hawick" title="Letter, from James Duncan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Denholm near Hawick" 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: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Related Fellows
-
James Matthews Duncan
Creator -
John Frederick William Herschel
Recipient
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