Letter, from Mr [Augustus] de Morgan to C Weld, dated at Camden, London
Reference number: EL/M3/60a
Date: 12 October 1853
Description
Presents four letters from William Jones to James Hodgson (see volume EL/I1/183-186) and one from Pierre Maupertuis to [James] Bradley (EL/M3/60b).
States that letters were found amongst Francis Baily's papers with a manuscript of Flamsteed's account.
Discusses Maupertuis's letter stating that it has the first announcement confirming Newton's theory from the Lapland expedition.
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- EL/M3/60a
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- 12 October 1853
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Augustus de Morgan, Letter, from Mr [Augustus] de Morgan to C Weld, dated at Camden, London, 12 October 1853, EL/M3/60a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_60a/letter-from-mr-augustus-de-morgan-to-c-weld-dated-at-camden-london, accessed on 08 February 2026
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