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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

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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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