Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Feldhausen Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Comments on some parts of Charles Babbage's Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, especially on Charles Babbage's mathematical estimating of the credibility of miracles. John Frederick William Herschel shows that such a process cannot work. [Letter finished 1837-10-25.] 2 October 1837