Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy

Reference number: HS/1/110

Date: 21 September 1842

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Draft letter. Reply to George Biddell Airy's letter on Charles Babbage's calculating machine.

Reference number: HS/1/110
Earliest possible date: 21 September 1842
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, 21 September 1842, HS/1/110, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_110/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 14 July 2025

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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

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