Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [Cambridge]

Reference number: HS/20/29

Date: 22 November 1815

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Copy of a letter. Supports Charles Babbage for membership in Royal Society [of London] Little time recently for mathematics, but is quite upset with analysts.

Reference number: HS/20/29
Earliest possible date: 22 November 1815
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [Cambridge], 22 November 1815, HS/20/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_29/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 10 July 2026

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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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