Letter, from Isaac Todhunter to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's, Cambridge
Reference number: HS/17/353
Date: 6 April 1864
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Printing History of the Mathematical Theory of Probability. Inquires about a probability calculation of Wilhelm Struve's in John Frederick William Herschel's Outlines Astr.
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- HS/17/353
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- 6 April 1864
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- 4 pages
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Isaac Todhunter, Letter, from Isaac Todhunter to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's, Cambridge, 6 April 1864, HS/17/353, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_353/letter-from-isaac-todhunter-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-johns-cambridge, accessed on 13 November 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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Isaac Todhunter
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John Frederick William Herschel
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