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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/6/289

Date: 12 September 1856

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Draft letter. Thought that Augustus De Morgan's last letter was supposed to be written in verse. Hopes his injury will soon improve. Does not recollect any habit of Humphry Davy rubbing his hands together. A professor, [G. J.?] Stoney, has re-invented John Frederick William Herschel's collimating telescope and not improved it.

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HS/6/289
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12 September 1856
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3 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, dated at Collingwood, 12 September 1856, HS/6/289, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_289/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-augustus-de-morgan-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 December 2024

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