Table of relation of musical scales, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Reference number: HS/19/190
Date: 19th century
Description
Table comparing musical notes, given both in European (Do, Ré, Mi,...) and English scales (A, B, C,...), in Herschel's hand. Draft version of 1868 article "On Musical Scale" arguing for mathematical pitch, published in Quarterly Journal of Science. Written at the back of a franked enveloppe.
- Reference number
- HS/19/190
- Earliest possible date
- 19th century
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 p.
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
John Frederick William Herschel, Table of relation of musical scales, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 19th century, HS/19/190, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_190/table-of-relation-of-musical-scales-by-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 19 July 2026
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_190/table-of-relation-of-musical-scales-by-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_19_190/table-of-relation-of-musical-scales-by-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel" title="Table of relation of musical scales, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
-
Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 19 Miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/19
Related Fellows
-
John Frederick William Herschel
Creator
Explore the collection
-
Herschel Letters
This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
View collection