Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker
- Herschel/Box 1/Letter 11
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- 2 September 1816
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Tells of the weakened condition of his father. Asks for news of Jones and tells of sending a paper of Brownhead's to J. Banks at the Royal Society. Recounts recent visit to Torquay with Babbage and how that reinvigorated his analytical faculties. Gives news of Peacock and Babbage. States that he will send the appendix to Lacroix
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer