Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to Charles Wheatstone, from 8 September 1835 to 30 June 1849
Reference number: HS/25/11
Date: 1876
Description
Loose copies of letters from John Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, arranged in chronological order and preceded by a typed index indicating previous locations (Box n.2.) and previous shelfmark. Mentionson part of a former wrapper pasted on the index that "13 copies sent by [Robert] Sabine Esq, Aug 12th 1876 together with the originals. The copies revised by [Isabella Herschel] & the originals returned".
Robert Sabine (-d. 1884) was Wheatstone's son-in-law.
Note "all catalogued".
Created as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father.
- Reference number
- HS/25/11
- Earliest possible date
- 1876
- Physical description
- Paper, ink.
- Page extent
- 8 copy letters
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to Charles Wheatstone, from 8 September 1835 to 30 June 1849, 1876, HS/25/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_11/copies-of-sir-john-herschels-letters-to-charles-wheatstone-from-8-september-1835-to-30-june-1849, accessed on 15 May 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 12 manuscripts:
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Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, dated at Feldhausen
8 September 1835 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/11/1 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, dated at [London]
21 December 1838 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/11/2 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, dated at Collingwood
9 December 1841 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/11/3 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, dated at [Collingwood]
4 December 1842 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/11/4
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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Charles Wheatstone
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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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