The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel14098,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel14098
Introduces self to JH and describes CK's modified English alphabet, which is both phonetic and orthographical, and CK's 'philosophical universal alphabet' that would work for all languages. Criticizes phonotypy of Isaac Pitman and A. J. Ellis. Asks JH for loan of £8 with which CK can publish manuscripts. CK made similar appeals to C. K. J. Bunsen and C. E. Trevelyan.
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library
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