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
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- 1845-4-11 or later
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- 4 pages
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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 17 May 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 15 Sabine-Selwyn
1820-1870 Reference number: HS/15
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Adam Sedgwick
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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