Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, [n.d.] n.d.

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Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, [n.d.] n.d.

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Most of this collection is original letters and drafts of Herschel's replies, with some miscellaneous papers other than letters. There are about 400 letters between Herschel and Charles Babbage.

37.0 Microfilm reel(s), 10,058 items

American Philosophical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6632023

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Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871

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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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