Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 8 Galbraith-J Grahame
Reference number: HS/8
Date: 1810-1870
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.
Prominent correspondents include: Thomas Galloway; Francis Galton; John Peter Gassiot; Carl Friedrich Gauss; Davies Gilbert; James Glaisher; Benjamin Gompertz; James Adam Gordon; Thomas Graham.
- Reference number
- HS/8
- Earliest possible date
- 1810-1870
- Physical description
- Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders.
- Page extent
- 1 volume; 445 letters
- Format
- Manuscript
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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 8 Galbraith-J Grahame, 1810-1870, HS/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-8-galbraith-j-grahame, accessed on 27 April 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 456 manuscripts:
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Letter, from William Galbraith to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh
29 May 1849 Creator: William Galbraith Reference number: HS/8/1 -
Letter, from William Galbraith to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh
12 June 1849 Creator: William Galbraith Reference number: HS/8/2 -
Letter, from William Galbraith to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh
24 November 1849 Creator: William Galbraith Reference number: HS/8/3 -
Letter, from Thomas Galloway to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh
16 November 1832 Creator: Thomas Galloway Reference number: HS/8/4
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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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Herschel Letters
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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