Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Teignmouth?]
Reference number: HS/2/3
Date: 10 July 1812
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Further comments on his original query [see Charles Babbage's 1812-6-20] regarding the equation in calculus.
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- HS/2/3
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- 10 July 1812
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- 8 pages
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- Manuscript
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Charles Babbage, Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Teignmouth?], 10 July 1812, HS/2/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_2_3/letter-from-charles-babbage-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-teignmouth, accessed on 08 February 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 2 Babbage
1812-1868 Reference number: HS/2
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Charles Babbage
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John Frederick William Herschel
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