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

Reference number: HS/6/267

Date: 17 October 1853

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has found a seventeenth-century mathematical manuscript amongst Francis Baily's papers with John Frederick William Herschel's handwriting on it; can he explain the mystery? There is also a letter from P. L. M. Maupertius to James Bradley, which he proposes sending to the Royal Society [of London]

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HS/6/267
Earliest possible date
17 October 1853
Page extent
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., 17 October 1853, HS/6/267, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_267/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-7-camden-st, accessed on 10 December 2024

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