Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. I, from 22 May 1830 to 8 March 1831
Reference number: HS/25/1
Description
Bound notebook labelled n.1 on Ralph Wedgwood copying book. Copy letters from multiple senders arranged in chronological order. The copying book was created using a copying machine, with a manifold writer, a patented invention to copy multiple copies of an original.
Likely used as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father.
Bound together with HS/25/2; HS/25/3; HS/25/4; HS/25/5; HS/25/6; HS/25/7.
- Reference number
- HS/25/1
- Physical description
- Bound notebook with marbled cover, thin copying paper
- Format
- Manuscript
Creator names
John Frederick William Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, John Herschel, Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. I, from 22 May 1830 to 8 March 1831, HS/25/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_1/copy-book-of-sir-john-herschels-outgoing-correspondence-vol-i-from-22-may-1830-to-8-march-1831, accessed on 22 March 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 32 manuscripts:
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough
22 May 1830 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/1/1 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Dionysius Lardner, dated at Slough
22 May 1830 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/1/2 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James South, dated at Slough
7 June 1830 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/1/3 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Dionysius Lardner, dated at Slough
27 June 1830 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/1/4
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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25
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John Herschel
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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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