Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [London]
Reference number: HS/27/52
Date: May 1829?
Description
Draft letter. Tells Charles Babbage about a visit by John Frederick William Herschel and Wolryche Whitmore to the Duke [of ?] to present the case for more government funds for Charles Babbage's calculating machine.
- Reference number
- HS/27/52
- Earliest possible date
- May 1829?
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [London], May 1829?, HS/27/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_27_52/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage-dated-at-london, accessed on 08 October 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 27 letters related to specific topics
1826-1866 Reference number: HS/27
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Charles Babbage
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