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Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 41 Chalcot Villas NW

Reference number: HS/6/259

Date: 26 March 1850

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has never heard the polar axis approximation. John Frederick William Herschel's treatise on perspective must be very complete. John Taylor is his old publisher. Has got 64 more syllogisms symbolized.

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HS/6/259
Earliest possible date
26 March 1850
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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 41 Chalcot Villas NW, 26 March 1850, HS/6/259, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_259/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-41-chalcot-villas-nw, accessed on 14 December 2025

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