Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 5, from 23 February 1836 to 29 November 1839
Reference number: HS/25/5
Date: 1873
Description
Bound notebook labelled vol.5, copying book for Farthing's improved manifold writer "warranted to answer in all climates". 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/25/1; HS/25/2; HS/25/3; HS/25/4; HS/25/6; HS/25/7.
- Reference number
- HS/25/5
- Earliest possible date
- 1873
- 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. 5, from 23 February 1836 to 29 November 1839, 1873, HS/25/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_5/copy-book-of-sir-john-herschels-outgoing-correspondence-vol-5-from-23-february-1836-to-29-november-1839, accessed on 16 November 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 17 manuscripts:
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Peter Stewart, dated at Feldhausen
16 June 1836 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/5/1 -
Copy of a draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Feldhausen
3 October 1836 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/5/2 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Roderick Impey Murchison, dated at Feldhausen
15 November 1836 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/5/3 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, dated at Feldhausen
30 November 1836 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/5/4
This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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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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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