Over 10,000 letters from and to the scientist John Herschel between 1807-1875 are digitized now

Good news! Will they inspire the next Albert Einstein or Leonardo da Vinci or a female genius?

Herschel Letters | The Royal Society: Science in the Making This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

Portrait of John Frederick William Herschel, by Christian Albrecht Jensen, 1843.

An example