Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Grahame, dated at [Slough]
Reference number: HS/20/52
Date: 1817-2-25 or later
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Copy of a letter. Discusses at some length the strengths and weaknesses of Lucan's Pharsalia. Mentions James Grahame's pamphlet on usury laws, suggesting that the argument from analogy is especially precarious in political economy.
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- HS/20/52
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- 1817-2-25 or later
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Grahame, dated at [Slough], 1817-2-25 or later, HS/20/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_52/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-grahame-dated-at-slough, accessed on 05 December 2024
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 20 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/20
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John Frederick William Herschel
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