| RefNo | HS/14/202 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Adolphe Quetelet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brussels |
| Creator | Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet |
| Date | 3 May 1830 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Takes a moment to write. Sends various brochures and observations on magnetic intensity in Germany. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to give a copy of it to [Charles] Babbage and [Henry] Kater. Congratulates John Frederick William Herschel on being named correspondent to the Institute of France. Lost his father-in-law. Has asked [James] South to press construction of Adolphe Quetelet's instruments, but no luck. Requests John Frederick William Herschel visit Edward Troughton and the instruments. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Brussels, Belgium |
| Origin coordinates | 50.846667, 4.3525 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3047
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2866 | Quetelet; Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796 - 1874) | 1796 - 1874 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |