Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage
Reference number: HS/20/147
Date: 13 July 1822
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Has had a letter from the Secretary of the Dijon Academy offering him and Charles Babbage the title of Non-Resident Associate of the Academy. Is there any chance of seeing him in the near future?
- Reference number
- HS/20/147
- Earliest possible date
- 13 July 1822
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, 13 July 1822, HS/20/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_147/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage, accessed on 12 July 2026
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This item is part of:
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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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John Frederick William Herschel
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Charles Babbage
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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
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