RefNo | HS/2/33 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Cambridge |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | November 1814 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Has executed all of Charles Babbage's commissions. Hopes to meet Charles Shadwell when in town. Is in the throes of exams. Thinking of taking up mathematics. Relates further chemical experiments. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Cambridge |
Origin coordinates | 52.19413, 0.12226
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AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Copy: HS/20/21 |
RelatedRecord | HS/20/21 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel5084
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6626 | Babbage; Charles (1791 - 1871); mathematician | 1791 - 1871 |