| RefNo | HS/18/46 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Warburton to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Cadogan Place |
| Creator | Henry Warburton |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 5 December 1847 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Error in Leonhard Euler's value for Bernoulli's 21st number. Promotes Henry Warburton's method of continued subtraction as a reliable means of proving accuracy of values for higher Bernoulli numbers. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | 45 Cadogan Place, London |
| Origin coordinates | 51.496667, -0.1575 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7842
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3076 | Warburton; Henry (? 1784 - 1858); politician | ? 1784 - 1858 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |