Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/12/441
Date: 8 August 1838
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Charles Babbage believes that Roderick Impey Murchison prevented Babbage from becoming president of B.A.A.S. Denies this. Hopes John Frederick William Herschel can keep Babbage 'from overloading the cup of misfortune.'
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- HS/12/441
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- 8 August 1838
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Roderick Impey Murchison, Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, 8 August 1838, HS/12/441, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_441/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 13 September 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 12 Macann-Murray
1825-1870 Reference number: HS/12
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Roderick Impey Murchison
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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