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Autograph letter signed by sender. Asking him to get certificate signed for his election to the Royal Society [of London] Has had no time for mathematics recently. Will be prepared to write anonymous article against analysists.

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HS/2/48
Earliest possible date
20 November 1815
Page extent
1 page
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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, 20 November 1815, HS/2/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_2_48/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage, accessed on 23 January 2025

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