Copy of incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage

Reference number: HS/20/11

Date: 16 August 1813

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Copy of incomplete letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Has been to London and procured the books mentioned by Charles Babbage. Mentions differential equations of P. S. Laplace. Regarding some of Charles Babbage's theorems. Problem of law of chance. Printing of his memoir.

Reference number: HS/20/11
Earliest possible date: 16 August 1813
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, 16 August 1813, HS/20/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_11/copy-of-incomplete-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage, accessed on 15 April 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 20 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/20

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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