RefNo | HS/2/203 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris |
Creator | Charles Babbage |
Date | 17 August 1826 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been to the observatory. New comet discovered. Has met P. S. Laplace. Does he know of any tables of logarithms to 10,000? |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Paris |
Origin coordinates | 48.856667, 2.352222
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AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel5258
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6626 | Babbage; Charles (1791 - 1871); mathematician | 1791 - 1871 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |