RefNo | HS/14/197 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Adolphe Quetelet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kensington Observatory |
Creator | Adolphe Quetelet |
Date | 24 October 1827 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for letter. Regrets having missed possibility of seeing John Frederick William Herschel while in England. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to convince [Charles] Babbage to pass through Brussels instead of Rotterdam. |
Language | French |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | The Observatory, Campden Hill, Kensington |
Origin coordinates | 51.504444, -0.198611 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3042
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA2866 | Quetelet; Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796 - 1874) | 1796 - 1874 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |