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Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Camden St.

Reference number: HS/6/246

Date: 13 November 1848

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Autograph letter signed by sender. The tract John Frederick William Herschel means is by L. A. Sedillot on the history of astronomy of the Arabs. Comments on this. Possesses it but it is bound in with a lot of other papers so is too heavy to send. Would he give John Williams permission to open letters addressed to the President of the Royal Astronomical Society

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HS/6/246
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13 November 1848
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3 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 7 Camden St., 13 November 1848, HS/6/246, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_246/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-7-camden-st, accessed on 10 December 2024

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