RefNo | HS/27/24 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Philosophical Magazine, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 20 December 1864 |
Description | Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Attempts to clarify claims published by John Davy concerning whether his brother Humphry Davy had in 1827 promised Charles Babbage a position as secretary of the Royal Society [of London] |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1261
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |