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RefNoHS/27/51
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Goulburn, dated at [London]
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date1842-9-16 or later
DescriptionDraft letter. Writes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give John Frederick William Herschel's opinion about the probable utility of continuing to spend money on Charles Babbage's calculating machine.
LanguageEnglish
Extent11pp
FormatManuscript
Place originLondon
Origin coordinates51.507222, -0.1275
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1279
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA5865Goulburn; Henry (1784 - 1856)1784 - 1856
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