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Herschel13648

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0031; Reel 1062
Summary:

Saw in the Times that JH is working on universal alphabet. Sends Wolfgang Kempelen's book (1791) on mechanism of speech. Speculates on machine that could produce phonetic sounds for universal language.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1256

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS B27.19
Summary:

Sends JH a copy of a recent issue of the Athenaeum in which falsehoods, copied from a Richard Sheepshanks pamphlet, have been printed. CB wants JH to respond to, and correct, these falsehoods quickly.

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John Herschel Project
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