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

Reference number: HS/6/408

Date: 11 September 1869

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Draft letter. Is delighted to see him astride one of his old hobbies. Regarding the edition of William Spence's Mathematical Essays. Only remembers an 1819 one. His own health is not good.

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HS/6/408
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11 September 1869
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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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, 11 September 1869, HS/6/408, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_408/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-augustus-de-morgan-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 06 December 2024

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