Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/2/252

Date: 22 May 1830

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has read his book on the decline of science and thinks that the book may do some good. Comments on various parts, and outlines things that could happen as the result. Has replied to Encke's letter about Ephemeris.

Reference number: HS/2/252
Earliest possible date: 22 May 1830
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough, 22 May 1830, HS/2/252, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_2_252/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage-dated-at-slough, accessed on 24 May 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
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1812-1868 Reference number: HS/2

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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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