The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel7052,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 1 December 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7052
Has fallen from a ladder in his library and dislocated his shoulder, which accounts for the form of his letter. Has he any recollections of Humphry Davy rubbing his hands together?
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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