Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan
Reference number: HS/24/18
Date: 17 July 1863
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Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Agrees that the weather is hot. The word theodolite. Where did he obtain his verses by Walter Mapes? Why not come and visit them?
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- HS/24/18
- Earliest possible date
- 17 July 1863
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, 17 July 1863, HS/24/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_18/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-augustus-de-morgan, accessed on 11 July 2025
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