Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage
Reference number: HS/20/2
Date: 14 August 1812
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Further comment on the calculus equation sent by Charles Babbage.
- Reference number
- HS/20/2
- Earliest possible date
- 14 August 1812
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, 14 August 1812, HS/20/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_2/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage, accessed on 11 February 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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