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Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 91 Adelaide Road

Reference number: HS/6/372

Date: 18 August 1864

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Did John Frederick William Herschel know when he was Master of the Mint that Isaac Newton had introduced a golden quarter-guinea? Most of his family are at Aldeburgh. Does he know Tristram Shandy's sense of proportion? Charles Babbage has become a public benefactor by the passing of the act against barrel organs.

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HS/6/372
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18 August 1864
Page extent
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 91 Adelaide Road, 18 August 1864, HS/6/372, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_372/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-91-adelaide-road, accessed on 10 December 2024

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