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

Reference number: HS/6/396

Date: 29 August 1867

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding David Brewster and the inaccuracies in his life of Isaac Newton.

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HS/6/396
Earliest possible date
29 August 1867
Page extent
4 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, 29 August 1867, HS/6/396, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_396/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-91-adelaide-road, accessed on 09 December 2024

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