Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 3 Babinet-Beaufort
Reference number: HS/3
Date: 1819-1869
Description
Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Primary correspondents include: Jacques Babinet; Joanna Baillie; Edward Hodges Baily; Francis Baily; Peter Barlow; Joseph Baxendell; Francis Beaufort.
- Reference number
- HS/3
- Earliest possible date
- 1819-1869
- Physical description
- Documents tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt.
- Page extent
- 1 volume; 409 letters
- Format
- Manuscript
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Citation
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 3 Babinet-Beaufort, 1819-1869, HS/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-3-babinet-beaufort, accessed on 04 October 2024
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 418 manuscripts:
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Letter, from Jacques Babinet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris
25 August 1832 Creator: Jacques Babinet Reference number: HS/3/1 -
Letter, from Jacques Babinet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris
20 June 1833 Creator: Jacques Babinet Reference number: HS/3/2 -
Letter, from Jacques Babinet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris
1849 Creator: Jacques Babinet Reference number: HS/3/3 -
Incomplete letter, from Jacques Babinet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris
3 February 1862 Creator: Jacques Babinet Reference number: HS/3/4
This item is part of:
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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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