Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Camden St.
Reference number: HS/6/267
Date: 17 October 1853
Description
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]
- Reference number
- HS/6/267
- Earliest possible date
- 17 October 1853
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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 17 July 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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