Note

Two handwritten notes dated 5 August 1897 and 9 June 1898. They appear to be describing chemistry experiments.

These manuscripts come from a 14-drawer cabinet found in the Herschel family home in the 1950s. The contents of this and a similar cabinet seem to suggest that they were used by successive generations of the family to store specimens, material and apparatus for carrying out experiments.

Object Details

ID: AST1030.58
Type: Cabinet contents
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Herschel Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 1 mm x 175 mm x 136 mm
Parts: Cabinet