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

Reference number: HS/6/254

Date: 22 May 1849

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends extracts from book by Mr. Hopkins on the solar system. Has his own theories on the Augustan calendar proved to his own mind. No authority for giving the name Saras to the period of 223 lunations.

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HS/6/254
Earliest possible date
22 May 1849
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4 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., 22 May 1849, HS/6/254, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_254/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-7-camden-st, accessed on 10 December 2024

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