Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

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

Reference number: HS/6/282

Date: 20 May 1856

Description

Autograph letter signed by sender. Is glad to hear his account of facts. Always thought he would recover his health. Gives one of his own mathematical formulae. Has no idea how the Decimal Coinage Commission is progressing.

Reference number
HS/6/282
Earliest possible date
20 May 1856
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Augustus de Morgan

Use this record

Citation

Augustus de Morgan, Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Camden St., 20 May 1856, HS/6/282, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_282/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-7-camden-st, accessed on 12 December 2024

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_6_282/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-7-camden-st" title="Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Camden St." allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • Herschel Letters

    Dates: 1807-1875

    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    View collection