| RefNo | HS/14/266 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Adolphe Quetelet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brussels |
| Creator | Adolphe Quetelet |
| Date | 6 December 1867 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Discusses coming year. Asks John Frederick William Herschel how to deal with John Frederick William Herschel's review [of Adolphe Quetelet's Lettres sur la theorie des probabilites]. Talks about his friend [Michel] Chasles. Also about Adolphe Quetelet's son. Mentions John Frederick William Herschel's translation of [J. C. F. von] Schiller's 'Spaziergang.' |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Brussels, Belgium |
| Origin coordinates | 50.846667, 4.3525 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3101
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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 |