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Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/6/426

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Detached postscript of a letter, autographed. Anne Sheepshanks would like John Frederick William Herschel's copy of Richard Sheepshanks's pamphlet in answer to James South and Charles Babbage, to bind with other things and return it to John Frederick William Herschel.

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HS/6/426
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1 page
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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, HS/6/426, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_426/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 10 December 2024

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    Dates: 1807-1875

    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

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