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Authorised form of nameBabbage; Charles (1791 - 1871); mathematician
Dates1791 - 1871
NationalityBritish
Place of birthTeignmouth, Devon, England
Date of birth26 December 1791
Place of deathLondon
Date of death18 October 1871
OccupationMathematician
Research fieldMathematics
Computer logic
Computer technology
ActivityEducation:
Holmwood School, Ponder's End (with Frederick Marryat (FRS 1819)); entered Trinity College, Cambridge (1811), but graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge. BA (1814), MA (1817)
Career:
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge (1828-1839); developed calculating machine using his own money and government grants; involved in actuarial work
Memberships:
Statistical Society (Founder Fellow 1834); FRAS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election14/03/1816
RelationshipsSon of Benjamin Babbage
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory, FRS, mathematician: "the most unlucky person that ever existed"' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 223-247
Maurice V Wilkes, 'The Ubiquitous Mr Babbage', review of Charles Babbage, Passages From the Life of a Philosopher, ed. M Campbell-Kelly, in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 341-342
Richard Sorrenson, 'Towards a History of the Royal Society in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 29-46
M V Wilkes, 'Herschel, Peacock, Babbage and the Development of the Cambridge Curriculum' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 205-219
Peter J Turvey, 'Sir John Herschel and the Abandonment of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 1' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 165-176
Lise Wilkinson, 'Three Drawings of Fellows by William Brockedon, FRS' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 183-187, plate
Roy M MacLeod, 'Of Medals and Men: A Reward System in Victorian Science 1826-1914' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 81-105
L Pearce Williams, 'The Royal Society and the Founding of the British Association for the Advancement of Science' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 221-233
L F Gilbert, 'The Election to the Presidency of the Royal Society in 1820' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 256-279
J A D Ackroyd, 'Sir George Cayley, the father of aeronautics, Part 1. The invention of the aeroplane' NR 2002 vol 56 pp 167-181
A Cook, 'A Roman tercentenary' by A Cook in NR 2002 vol 56 p273
M V Wilkes, 'Charles Babbage and his world' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 353-365
K K Schwarz, 'Faraday and Babbage' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 367-381
F C Moon, 'Robert Willis and Franz Reuleaux: pioneers in the theory of machines' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 209-230
P Fara, 'Lucasian Professors. From Newton to Hawking: a history of Cambridge University's Lucasian professors of mathematics, ed K C Knox and R Noakes' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 312-313
Notes:
Date of birth incorrect in DNB, DSB and Boase. Photograph of election certificate, RS Box 3; negative RS Box N101
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/4963723
CodeNA6626
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1815/32Babbage, Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DM/4/146Minute of a meeting of the Committee to consider Mr Stewart's letter respecting Mr Babbage's machine28 February 1831
DM/4/135Babbage Engine Committee, "Report of the Committee...to consider the subject referred to in Mr Stewart's letter, relative to Mr Babbage's calculating engine, & to report thereon"1829
DM/4/136Minute of a meeting of the Babbage Engine Committee26 January 1829
MM/21/24Drawings by Charles Babbage1859
DM/4/137Part of a report or resolution of the Babbage Engine Committee9 February 1829
DM/4/140Copy of letter from Charles Babbage, Dorset Street, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer21 December 1830
DM/4/131Letter from Charles Babbage, Devonshire Street, to the Chancellor of the ExchequerDecember 1828
DM/4/145Minute of a meeting of the Committee to consider Mr Stewart's letter respecting Mr Babbage's machine24 February 1831
DM/4/144Letter from Bryan Donkin to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society21 February 1831
DM/4/149Report of the Committee to consider Mr Stewart's letter respecting Mr Babbage's machine26 March 1831
DM/4/141Letter from J Stewart, Treasury, to the Secretary of the Royal Society24 December 1830
DM/4/134Minute of a meeting of the Babbage Engine Committee26 January 1829
DM/4/130Charles Babbage, "Copies of the correspondence between the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and the President and Council of the Royal Society relative to an Invention of Mr Babbage"1823
DM/4/138Extract from a Treasury Minute no 296428 April 1829
DM/4/132Charles Babbage, "Statement respecting Mr Babbage's Calculating Machine"11 December 1828
DM/4/139Letter from J Stewart, Treasury, to the Secretary of the Royal Society6 May 1829
DM/4/129Letter from George Harrison, Treasury Chambers, to Sir Humphry Davy, President, Royal Society1 April 1823
DM/4/133Letter from F Stewart, Treasury, to Davies Gilbert, President, Royal SocietyDecember 1828
DM/1/23Letter from Charles Babbage, Dorset Street, Manchester Square, to P M Roget10 March 1831
DM/4/142Copy of report from M I Brunel, Bryan Donkin and Field to Viscount Althrop15 February 1831
IM/005208Babbage, Charles2001
DM/4/150Letter from Henry Warburton25 May 1831
DM/4/147Letter from M I Brunel to Henry Warburton28 February 1831
HS/2/168aCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough2 December 1821
HS/2/189Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough29 July 1823
HS/2/82Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.28 May 1817
NLB/37/217Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor Sidney [Harris Cox] Martin FRS, Chairman of the Physiology Sectional Committee17 February 1908
HS/2/6Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage8 February 1813
MC/28/10Letter from Eden Herschel Babbage, Rawhiti Clanville Road, Roseville, New South Wales, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, London12 July 1913
RR/4/8Letter from Hugh Falconer, on a paper 'Observations on the discovery in various localities of the remains of human art mixed with the bones of extinct races of animals' by Charles Babbage11 June 1859
HS/2/13Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cambridge]1 June 1813
MS/426/534Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Charles] Babbage13 December 1854
PT/10/11Paper, 'An essay towards the calculus of functions, Part II' by C [Charles] Babbage8 January 1816
MS/426/208Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to C [Charles] Babbage11 June 1846
MS/426/533Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Charles] Babbage28 November 1854
MC/5/64Letter from C [Charles] Babbage, Dorset Street, Manchester Square, to the Secretary of the Royal Society1 December 1852
HS/2/197Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Etna4 July 1824
IM/000171Babbage, Charles2001
DM/4/143Letter from J F W Herschel, Slough, to P M Roget23 February 1831
IM/005209Babbage, Charles2001
DM/4/148Incomplete minute of a meeting of the Committee to consider Mr Stewart's letter respecting Mr Babbage's machine26 March 1831
IM/000170Babbage, Charlesc 1864
HS/2/257Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough26 November 1830
HS/2/146Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Bedford Place2 November 1820
MC/5/83Letter from Charles Babbage, Dorset Street, Manchester Square, to the Secretary of the Royal Society21 February 1853
PT/9/23Paper, 'An essay towards the calculus of functions' by C [Charles] Babbage[1815]
PT/18/16Paper, 'On electrical and magnetic rotations' by C [Charles] Babbage29 May 1826
PT/11/14Paper, 'Observations on the analogy which subsists between the calculus of functions and other branches of analysis' by Charles Babbage5 March 1817
PT/13/20Paper, 'On some new methods of investigating the sums of several classes of infinite series' by Charles Babbage25 March 1819
MC/1/194Letter from Charles Babbage, Dorset Street, Manchester Square, to the Council and [Davies Gilbert], President of the Royal Society 27 January 1830
MC/1/257Letter from Charles Babbage, Dorset Street, Manchester Square, to [Davies Gilbert], President of the Royal Society and to the Council3 November 1830
MC/1/318Letter from [James K.] Stewart, [Assistant Secretary at the] Treasury Chambers, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]11 July 1831
RR/4/7Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper 'Observations on the discovery in various localities of the remains of human art mixed with the bones of extinct races of animals' by Charles Babbage3 June 1859
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
HS/2/169Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel20 December 1821
MS/426/476Copy letter from S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society; to C [Charles] Babbage16 December 1852
MC/5/75Letter from C [Charles] Babbage, Dorset Street, Manchester Square, to the Secretary of the Royal Society21 December 1852
PT/73/12/17Diagrams, apparatus and graphs of magnetic rotation by [Charles Babbage][1826]
MS/426/478Copy letter from S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society; to C [Charles] Babbage24 January 1853
MC/5/88Letter from [Earl of] Rosse, [President of the Royal Society], Castle Parsonstown, to [Edward] Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]4 March 1853
MS/426/481Copy letter from Edward Sabine, Vice President and Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Lord Rosse [William Parsons], President of the Royal Society28 February 1853
MC/5/187Letter from C [Charles] Babbage, Dorset Street, to [Charles Richard Weld], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Somerset House27 November 1854
AP/34/18/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Sur la théorie de l'orientation du plan oscillatoire du pendule simple: et son application à la recherche d'aplatissement du sphéroïde terrestre' [On the theory of the orientation of the oscillatory plane of the simple pendulum: and its application to the search for flattening of the terrestrial spheroid] by Cândido Baptista d'Oliveira10 January 1853
HS/2/159Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel8 May 1821
HS/2/304Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood1 December 1843
AP/34/18Unpublished paper, 'Sur la théorie de l'orientation du plan oscillatoire du pendule simple: et son application à la recherche d'aplatissement du sphéroïde terrestre' [On the theory of the orientation of the oscillatory plane of the simple pendulum: and its application to the search for flattening of the terrestrial spheroid] by Cândido Baptista d'Oliveira10 January 1853-14 December 1853
NLB/37/215Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir Archibald Geikie, KCB, Secretary of the Royal Society17 February 1908
AP/9/3Unpublished paper, 'On the solution of some problems relating to games of chance' by Charles Babbage25 September 1818
HS/2/122Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Devonshire St.?]13 October 1819
HS/2/256Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.17 October 1830
HS/2/341Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John HerschelApril 1820 [?]
HS/2/106Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage20 December 1818
HS/2/310Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood4 April 1845
MC/27/6Letter from Eden Herschel Babbage, Rawhiti Clanville Road, Roseville, New South Wales, to The Secretary, Royal Society, London22 July 1912
HS/2/325Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at 32, Harley St.19 February 1852
HS/2/190Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.10 August 1823
HS/2/4Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage14 August 1812
HS/2/342Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John HerschelJuly 1827
HS/2/378Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/382Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/387Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/330Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage4 December 1859
HS/2/338Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschelundated
HS/2/217Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Aachen17 November 1827
HS/2/62Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Torquay9 June 1816
HS/2/316Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.10 June 1847
HS/2/132Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel3 April 1820
HS/2/154Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.31 January 1821
HS/2/372Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/374Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/383Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/84Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.6 August 1817
HS/2/399Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1830
HS/2/386Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/343Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.undated
HS/2/161Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel21 May 1821
HS/2/298Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.17 November 1841
HS/2/376Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/3Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Teignmouth?]10 July 1812
HS/2/10Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cambridge]1 May 1813
HS/2/346Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel1822 [?]
HS/2/291Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage15 August 1838
HS/2/345Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel1821 [?]
HS/2/392Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/391Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
MC/28/9Letter from Eden Herschel Babbage, Rawhiti Clanville Road, Roseville, New South Wales, to The [Assistant] Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London16 December 1912
HS/2/381Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/358Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles BabbageAugust 1812
HS/2/198Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel14 September 1824
HS/2/322Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage21 August 1851
HS/2/191Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel23 November 1823
HS/2/66Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at TorquayAugust 1816
HS/2/46Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.13 November 1815
HS/2/186Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage5 July 1823
HS/2/108Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel7 January 1819
HS/2/348Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschelundated
HS/2/317Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.19 August 1847
HS/2/287Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.18 September 1834
HS/2/292Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paddington Station5 January 1839
HS/2/160Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel20 May 1821
HS/2/340Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel1819 [?]
HS/2/187Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.9 July 1823
HS/2/141Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dudmaston9 August 1820
HS/2/350Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel1844
HS/2/349Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel1858
HS/2/361Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1812 [?]
HS/2/96Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.13 October 1818
HS/2/280Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage18 April 1833
HS/2/339Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John HerschelDecember 1831
HS/2/23Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at RowdenApril 1814
HS/2/379Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1852 [?]
HS/2/93Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.April 1818
HS/2/73Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.17 February 1817
HS/2/373Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/36Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage16 February 1815
HS/2/126Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.31 January 1820
HS/2/224Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rome2 April 1828
HS/2/274Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough14 December 1832
HS/2/267Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough22 October 1831
HS/2/377Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1853
HS/2/121Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles BabbageSeptember 1819
HS/2/140Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dudmaston7 August 1820
HS/2/211Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Devonshire St.27 June 1827
HS/2/303Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.21 November 1843
HS/2/41Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel25 September 1815
HS/2/307Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.22 December 1843
HS/2/90Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage10 March 1818
HS/2/8Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage25 February 1813
HS/2/326Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage3 December 1852
HS/2/363Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/133Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage4 April 1820
HS/2/103Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage6 December 1818
HS/2/301Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.12 February 1843
HS/2/312Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood20 December 1845
HS/2/278Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.6 March 1833
HS/2/258Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage9 December 1830
HS/2/365Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1841 [?]
HS/2/344Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschelundated
HS/2/380Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/87Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Torquay22 October 1817
HS/2/18Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Teignmouth24 September 1813
HS/2/273Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.12 March 1832
HS/2/60Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Totnes27 April 1816
HS/2/63Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Torquay10 July 1816
HS/2/388Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1848 [?]
HS/2/166Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage5 November 1821
HS/2/107Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.22 December 1818
HS/2/401Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/351Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschelundated
HS/2/319Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.29 February 1848
HS/2/112Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.21 March 1819
HS/2/171Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel9 April 1822
HS/2/85Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel18 August 1817
HS/2/281Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage24 April 1833
HS/2/32Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Arundel St.14 November 1814
HS/2/285Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel7 July 1833
HS/2/384Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/244Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.8 March 1830
HS/2/329Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.23 November 1859
HS/2/193Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cambridge]8 March 1824
HS/2/311Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.19 December 1845
HS/2/143Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.21 October 1820
HS/2/164Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.27 October 1821
HS/2/206Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dudmaston14 December 1826
HS/2/396Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1851 to 1853 [?]
HS/2/272Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.10 January 1832
HS/2/226Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Santa Lucia, Naples9 May 1828
HS/2/135Incomplete letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel1 May 1820
HS/2/163Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.5 July 1821
HS/2/261Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Committee Room24 April 1831
HS/2/207Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dudmaston16 December 1826
HS/2/237Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge23 January 1829
HS/2/282Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel10 June 1833
HS/2/238Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage26 January 1829
HS/2/321Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage19 August 1851
HS/2/385Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/279Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.16 April 1833
HS/2/145Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage2 November 1820
HS/2/253Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dudmaston6 August 1830
HS/2/270Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.10 December 1831
HS/2/283Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.15 June 1833
HS/2/105Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel16 December 1818
HS/2/332Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood8 November 1862
HS/2/80Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.12 May 1817
HS/2/275Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel15 December 1832
HS/2/56Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel21 February 1816
HS/2/239Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.6 March 1829
HS/2/44Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage6 November 1815
HS/2/88Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.11 November 1817
HS/2/99Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.26 November 1818
HS/2/53Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Totnes28 December 1815
HS/2/49Letter, from William Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough28 November 1815
HS/2/331Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.30 June 1861
HS/2/102Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel4 December 1818
HS/2/293Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paddington Station2 March 1839
HS/2/39Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage10 September 1815
HS/2/196Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.28 May 1824
HS/2/328Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.3 November 1857
HS/2/72Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.30 January 1817
HS/2/50Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.8 December 1815
HS/2/266Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.17 October 1831
HS/2/70Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.2 January 1817
HS/2/67Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dudmaston Hall, Bridgenorth27 September 1816
HS/2/178Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kempsey, near Worcester25 September 1822
HS/2/86Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [Slough]3 October 1817
HS/2/324Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Harley St.30 October 1851
HS/2/299Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood20 November 1841
HS/2/368Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/204Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Entraygues25 September 1826
HS/2/366Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1825 [?]
HS/2/390Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/177Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel10 September 1822
HS/2/371Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage26 September 1830
HS/2/297Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood29 September 1841
HS/2/337Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage15 July 1868
HS/2/370Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/157Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles BabbageApril 1821
HS/2/148Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage7 November 1820
HS/20/4Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1812-8
HS/2/2Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1 July 1812
HS/2/389Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage22 November 1867
HS/2/286Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Cape of Good Hope9 February 1834
HS/2/156Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough26 February 1821
HS/2/165Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough29 October 1821
HS/2/130Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage19 March 1820
HS/2/277Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.18 December 1832
HS/2/24Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Totnes4 July 1814
HS/2/333Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.15 February 1864
HS/2/364Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/170Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage16 February 1822
HS/20/14Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1813-9-24 or later
HS/20/88Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough12 April 1820
HS/2/393Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1853 [?]
HS/2/359Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Norfolk St.undated
HS/2/199Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Hanover3 October 1824
HS/2/51Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage18 December 1815
HS/2/158Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage4 May 1821
HS/2/315Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood8 June 1847
HS/2/402Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/243Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough28 February 1830
HS/2/19Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage13 October 1813
HS/2/218Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage22 December 1827
HS/2/265Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough13 September 1831
HS/2/151Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage25 December 1820
HS/2/54Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough6 January 1816
HS/2/394Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/192Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough18 January 1824
HS/2/302Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood14 February 1843
HS/2/375Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/28Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Shaw7 August 1814
HS/20/91Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage21 April 1820
HS/2/45Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel9 November 1815
HS/2/212Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough29 July 1827
HS/2/397Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles BabbageDecember 1826
HS/2/162Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough20 June 1821
HS/2/347Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel1827 [?]
HS/2/309Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood14 September 1844
HS/2/71Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage30 January 1817
HS/2/11Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage4 May 1813
HS/20/12Incomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough1813-9
HS/2/320Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage6 May 1851
HS/2/334Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood5 June 1864
HS/2/172Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage26 April 1822
HS/2/194aLetter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Florence5 May 1824
HS/2/137Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage23 May 1820
HS/2/395Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/289Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Feldhausen20 January 1835
HS/2/369Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1827 to 1829
HS/13/279Letter, from George Peacock to [Charles] Babbage, dated at Trinity College, Cambridge30 November 1821
HS/2/360Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1812 [?]
HS/2/245Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage8 March 1830
HS/20/3Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Norfolk St.1812
HS/2/5Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath22 December 1812
HS/20/7Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to [Charles] Babbage25 February 1813
HS/2/35Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel11 February 1815
HS/2/27Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Chudleigh]August 1814
HS/20/135Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1822-4
HS/2/115Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel14 April 1819
HS/2/182Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough5 December 1822
HS/2/52Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel18 December 1815
HS/2/125Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage17 January 1820
HS/2/147Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel3 November 1820
HS/2/131Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel30 March 1820
HS/2/139Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John HerschelJuly 1820
HS/2/1Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Teignmouth20 June 1812
HS/2/352Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschelundated
HS/2/109Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough17 February 1819
HS/27/30Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset6 February 1865
HS/2/83Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1 August 1817
HS/27/28Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset19 December 1864
HS/2/111Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel19 February 1819
HS/2/116Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage8 May 1819
HS/2/69Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage24 December 1816
HS/27/19Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset13 December 1854
HS/25/1/1Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough22 May 1830
HS/2/9Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cambridge]April 1813
HS/2/26Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage4 August 1814
HS/2/168Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough2 December 1821
HS/2/176Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Teignmouth3 August 1822
HS/2/185Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.2 July 1823
HS/2/119Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles BabbageJuly 1819
HS/2/153Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough22 January 1821
HS/2/91Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.16 March 1818
HS/27/11Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough30 January 1827
HS/2/114Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel6 March 1819
HS/2/98Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.10 November 1818
HS/2/12Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cambridge]25 May 1813
HS/2/7Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cambridge]19 February 1813
HS/2/21Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Peterhouse College21 January 1814
HS/2/43Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.28 October 1815
HS/2/37Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lucas St.15 March 1815
HS/2/40Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at 7 Charles St., Brighton25 September 1815
HS/27/2Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at London17 November 1826
HS/2/55Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage7 February 1816
HS/25/1/8Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough15 October 1830
HS/2/22Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage26 January 1814
HS/2/61Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at TorquayJune 1816
HS/20/120Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough2 July 1821
HS/20/119aCopy letter, from Charles Babbage to Lady Herschel [Mary Pitt Herschel]July 1821
HS/20/152Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [9 Downing St.]16 October 1822
HS/27/29Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset25 January 1865
MC/27/7Letter from [Henry George] Lyons, The Science Museum, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]4 October 1912
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
HS/2/398Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbageundated
HS/2/284Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage6 July 1833
HS/2/203Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris17 August 1826
HS/2/29Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chudleigh10 August 1814
HS/2/34Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Arundel St.12 December 1814
HS/2/15Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cambridge]30 June 1813
HS/2/47Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.15 November 1815
HS/2/17Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage16 August 1813
HS/2/16Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough25 July 1813
HS/2/20Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage12 January 1814
HS/2/14Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough27 June 1813
HS/2/30Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at St. John's College, Cambridge20 September 1814
HS/2/155Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Totnes19 February 1821
HS/2/58Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel9 March 1816
HS/2/323Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.29 October 1851
HS/2/25Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chudleigh1 August 1814
HS/2/138Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage12 July 1820
HS/2/362Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage1819 [?]
HS/2/42Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [Brighton]7 October 1815
HS/2/318Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood16 February 1848
HS/2/313Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood7 February 1847
HS/2/48Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage20 November 1815
HS/2/305Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.2 December 1843
HS/2/77Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage31 March 1817
HS/2/120Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh8 August 1819
HS/2/123Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough13 October 1819
HS/2/247Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.23 March 1830
HS/2/262Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.20 June 1831
HS/2/327Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Harley St.22 December 1853
HS/2/335Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.29 September 1866
HS/2/271Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Windsor9 January 1832
HS/2/179Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [9 Downing St.]16 October 1822
HS/2/33Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at CambridgeNovember 1814
HS/2/268Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.29 October 1831
HS/2/127Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage2 February 1820
HS/2/152Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.5 February 1821
HS/2/180Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Downing St., Westminster19 October 1822
HS/2/31Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at St. John's College, Cambridge25 October 1814
HS/2/57Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage26 February 1816
HS/2/64Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough14 July 1816
HS/2/65Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Torquay20 July 1816
HS/2/68Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough10 October 1816
HS/2/74Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.17 February 1817
HS/2/75Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.27 February 1817
HS/2/76Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.29 March 1817
HS/2/78Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough3 April 1817
HS/2/81Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough15 May 1817
HS/2/94Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage16 May 1818
HS/2/95Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.24 July 1818
HS/2/97Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [Slough]9 November 1818
HS/2/100Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.1 December 1818
HS/2/101Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage2 December 1818
HS/2/104Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Kensington12 December 1818
HS/2/113Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough25 March 1819
HS/2/117Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.24 July 1819
HS/2/118Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.25 July 1819
HS/2/124Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.5 January 1820
HS/2/128Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.6 February 1820
HS/2/129Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.18 March 1820
HS/2/134Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage20 April 1820
HS/2/136Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.22 May 1820
HS/2/142Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough12 August 1820
HS/2/144Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough24 October 1820
HS/2/149Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.18 December 1820
HS/2/150Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough19 December 1820
HS/2/173Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.10 June 1822
HS/2/174Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage13 July 1822
HS/2/175Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage31 July 1822
HS/2/175aCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage31 July 1822
HS/2/181Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.28 October 1822
HS/2/183Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at St. John's, Cambridge4 March 1823
HS/2/184Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.27 June 1823
HS/2/188Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.18 July 1823
HS/2/194Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Aiguebelle11 April 1824
HS/2/197aContemporary letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Etna4 July 1824
HS/2/200Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonshire St.10 October 1824
HS/2/201Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Worcester30 November 1825
HS/2/205Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Worcester24 November 1826
HS/2/208Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough30 January 1827
HS/2/219Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage12 February 1828
HS/2/240Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough4 November 1829
HS/2/241Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.11 December 1829
HS/2/242Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough15 December 1829
HS/2/246Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.19 March 1830
HS/2/248Copy letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.23 March 1830
HS/2/249Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough24 March 1830
HS/2/250Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough24 March 1830
HS/2/251Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.27 March 1830
HS/2/252Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough22 May 1830
HS/2/255Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough15 October 1830
HS/2/259Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorset St.21 February 1831
HS/2/260Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough25 February 1831
HS/2/264Letter, from Charles Babbage to Sir John Herschel13 September 1831
HS/2/269aCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough9 December 1831
HS/2/271aExtracts from a letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Windsor9 January 1832
HS/2/288Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage23 December 1834
HS/2/290Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Feldhausen25 October 1837
HS/2/290aDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage19 June 1838
HS/2/400Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage19 June 1838
HS/27/52Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [London]May 1829?
HS/20/96Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough10 May 1820
HS/20/121Copy letter, from Lady Herschel [Mary Pitt Herschel] to Charles Babbage9 July 1821
HS/27/9Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [London]25 November 1826
HS/2Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 2 Babbage 1812-1868
HS/2/336Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles BabbageOctober 1866
HS/2/59Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage13 March 1816
HS/2/89Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough24 November 1817
HS/2/110Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage19 February 1819
HS/2/306Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood20 December 1843
HS/2/254Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage10 August 1830
HS/2/234Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough30 September 1828
HS/2/38Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage23 March 1815
HS/2/295Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage10 January 1840
HS/2/263Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [Slough]23 June 1831
HS/2/195Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Florence9 May 1824
HS/2/222Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough9 March 1828
HS/2/92Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough26 April 1818
HS/2/202Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage24 May [?] 1826
HS/2/269Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough9 December 1831
HS/2/167Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Downing St., Westminster25 November 1821
HS/2/79Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage16 April 1817
HS/2/276Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Slough16 December 1832
HS/2/314Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood9 May 1847
HS/20/29Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [Cambridge]22 November 1815
HS/27/20Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Royal Mint15 December 1854
HS/27/26Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Collingwood20 December 1864
MS/401/1Lending book of the Royal Society Library5 April 1825-1 September 1853
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