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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
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30 May 1865
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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, 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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