Increasing importation of [whale oil] allows Metropolitan Light Company to reduce [candle] prices.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel8332
From
Richard Clark and William Shepherde
To
Sir John Herschel
Date
1848-8
Sent from
447 West Strand
Source of text
RS:HS 19.136a
Physical description
ALS 1p
Additional information
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