Letter, from Isaac Todhunter to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's, Cambridge
Reference number: HS/17/356
Date: 30 May 1865
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for compliments on his work [History of the Mathematical Theory of Probability]. Suggests changes in the Wilhelm Struve probability problem.
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- HS/17/356
- Earliest possible date
- 30 May 1865
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Isaac Todhunter, Letter, from Isaac Todhunter to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's, Cambridge, 30 May 1865, HS/17/356, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_356/letter-from-isaac-todhunter-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-johns-cambridge, accessed on 14 November 2025
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This item is part of:
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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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