RefNo | HS/18/26 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from William Wallace to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh |
Creator | Wallace; William (1768-1843); Scottish mathematician; astronomer |
Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 3 February 1829 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Thomas Henderson will visit London and inform John Frederick William Herschel of events at Edinburgh Observatory. Will William Wallace's paper on instrument for multiplication interfere with Charles Babbage's proposed machine? |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Edinburgh |
Origin coordinates | 55.953333, -3.189167 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7822
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |