Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/16/343
Date: 8 March 1831
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Explains to Mary Somerville P. S. Laplace's method of indeterminate coefficients in mathematics. Thanks Mary Somerville for her praise of his book [Prelim. Discourse], which John Frederick William Herschel values more highly than newspaper reviews.
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- HS/16/343
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- 8 March 1831
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, dated at Slough, 8 March 1831, HS/16/343, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_343/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-mary-somerville-dated-at-slough, accessed on 08 February 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 16 Sheepshanks-Spencer
1820-1869 Reference number: HS/16
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