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Incomplete letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/15/460

Date: 1845-4-11 or later

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Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete. Asks various questions about P. S. Laplace's nebular hypothesis and about Auguste Comte's discussion of it. Adam Sedgwick comments: 'Your Father and you have given ample materials for observations for a 1000

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HS/15/460
Earliest possible date
1845-4-11 or later
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Adam Sedgwick

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Adam Sedgwick, Incomplete letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, 1845-4-11 or later, HS/15/460, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_460/incomplete-letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 03 December 2024

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