Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 7, from 27 September 1846 to March 23 1847
Reference number: HS/25/7
Date: 1873
Description
Bound notebook labelled n.7, likely on Ralph Wedgwood copying book though not labelled explicitly. 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. Notes that in addition to the chronology 1846 to 1847, also 2 letters of Oct and Nov 1870.
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/25/5; HS/25/6.
- Reference number
- HS/25/7
- 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. 7, from 27 September 1846 to March 23 1847, 1873, HS/25/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_7/copy-book-of-sir-john-herschels-outgoing-correspondence-vol-7-from-27-september-1846-to-march-23-1847, accessed on 10 November 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 7 manuscripts:
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Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Roberts, dated at Collingwood
26 September 1846 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/7/1 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Roberts, dated at Collingwood
18 October 1846 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/7/2 -
Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to the Committee of Physics
11 November 1846 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/7/3 -
Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood
20 February 1847 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/7/4
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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