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Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 5 Upper Gower St.

Reference number: HS/6/179

Date: 16 October 1832

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received the catalogue and it will be sent to the press. Is grateful for John Frederick William Herschel's offers. Does he know anything of Bullialdi's (Ismael Boulliau) Astronomica philolaica? Refers to Franciscus Vièta's Harmonicum coeleste. 25 copies of John Frederick William Herschel's latest paper has been forwarded.

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HS/6/179
Earliest possible date
16 October 1832
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Augustus de Morgan

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Augustus de Morgan, Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 5 Upper Gower St., 16 October 1832, HS/6/179, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_179/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-5-upper-gower-st, accessed on 11 December 2024

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