Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to [Charles] Babbage
Reference number: HS/20/7
Date: 25 February 1813
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Endeavours to find a rapidly converging series for obtaining π. Finds anonymous papers in the early [Philosophical] Transactions.
- Reference number
- HS/20/7
- Earliest possible date
- 25 February 1813
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to [Charles] Babbage, 25 February 1813, HS/20/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_7/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage, accessed on 04 December 2024
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Hierarchy
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 -
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
Creator -
Charles Babbage
Recipient
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Herschel Letters
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