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

Reference number: HS/6/284

Date: 8 June 1856

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has long held the view that a pipe underneath the strings of a piano would increase the resonance. Had not conceived such an instrument as John Frederick William Herschel suggested. Why are 3rds and 6ths more agreeable to the ear than 4ths and 5ths?

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HS/6/284
Earliest possible date
8 June 1856
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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., 8 June 1856, HS/6/284, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_284/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-7-camden-st, accessed on 12 November 2024

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