Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 27 letters related to specific topics
Reference number: HS/27
Date: 1826-1866
Description
Incoming and outgoing orrespondence relating to the Herschel-Babbage v. South-Davy feud, following Babbage's unsuccessful nomination for the position of the Secretary in the Royal Society: HS/27/1 to HS/27/41
Correspondence relating to Charles Babbage's calculating machine: HS/27/42 to HS/27/54
Correspondence relating to the British Museum: HS/27/55 to HS/27/65
Correspondence relating to the publication of 'Fauna antiqua sivalensis': HS/27/66 to HS/27/73
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers related to the Royal Society: HS/27/74 to HS/27/88
Draft, original letters and copy letters in Herschel's hand
Typed index for the volume preceding the letters
- Reference number
- HS/27
- Earliest possible date
- 1826-1866
- Physical description
- 1 box
- Page extent
- 1 box
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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 27 letters related to specific topics, 1826-1866, HS/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_27/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-27-letters-related-to-specific-topics, accessed on 11 April 2026
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 112 manuscripts:
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James South, dated at [London]
14 November 1826 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/27/1 -
Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at London
17 November 1826 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/27/2 -
Letter, from Georgiana Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Thernsy[?] Lodge
17 November 1826 Creator: Georgina Babbage Reference number: HS/27/3 -
Letter, from James Hudson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Society
26 November 1826 Creator: Henry Hudson Reference number: HS/27/4
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
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John Frederick William 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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