Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 2 Babbage
Reference number: HS/2
Date: 1812-1868
Description
Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Primary correspondents: Charles Babbage; Benjamin Herschel Babbage.
Contains a letter from Sir William Herschel to Charles Babbage (HS/2/49).
- Reference number
- HS/2
- Earliest possible date
- 1812-1868
- Physical description
- Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders.
- Page extent
- 1 volume, 402 letters
- Format
- Manuscript
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Citation
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 2 Babbage, 1812-1868, HS/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_2/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-2-babbage, accessed on 04 November 2024
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 409 manuscripts:
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Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Teignmouth
20 June 1812 Creator: Charles Babbage Reference number: HS/2/1 -
Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage
1 July 1812 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/2/2 -
Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Teignmouth?]
10 July 1812 Creator: Charles Babbage Reference number: HS/2/3 -
Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage
14 August 1812 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/2/4
This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Related Fellows
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Charles Babbage
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