Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, 37 Tavistock Place to [James Clark] Ross
Reference number: MS/257/2/272
Date: 5 May 1847
Description
Herschel speculates on a name for Ross’s 'hot and cold basins' giving examples and discusses the causes of equatorial heat and polar cold. Herschel proposes the ‘circles of deep-sea temperature’ and asks Ross’s opinion.
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- MS/257/2/272
- Earliest possible date
- 5 May 1847
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, 37 Tavistock Place to [James Clark] Ross, 5 May 1847, MS/257/2/272, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_272/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-37-tavistock-place-to-james-clark-ross, accessed on 21 January 2026
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Science in the Making presents selected items from the 'Manuscripts General' series, notably astronomical observations, investigations of discrete topics, and indices and registers of papers read before the Royal Society.
Dates: 1551 - 1951
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