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

Reference number: HS/6/354

Date: 29 May 1862

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Draft letter. Hopes Augustus De Morgan will be successful in his projected paper on the infinity of magnitude. Does not recollect the paper by J. J. Sylvester. Has had a letter from Manchester on his own theory of eternal existence.

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HS/6/354
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29 May 1862
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, dated at Collingwood, 29 May 1862, HS/6/354, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_354/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-augustus-de-morgan-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 09 November 2025

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