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Letter, from Isaac Todhunter to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's, Cambridge

Reference number: HS/17/355

Date: 21 July 1864

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for looking into the Wilhelm Struve probability calculation; makes note of the change in his work.

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HS/17/355
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21 July 1864
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Isaac Todhunter

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Isaac Todhunter, Letter, from Isaac Todhunter to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's, Cambridge, 21 July 1864, HS/17/355, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_355/letter-from-isaac-todhunter-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-johns-cambridge, accessed on 19 April 2026

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