RefNo | HS/16/343 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, dated at Slough |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 8 March 1831 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Explains to Mary Somerville P. S. Laplace's method of indeterminate coefficients in mathematics. Thanks Mary Somerville for her praise of his book [Prelim. Discourse], which John Frederick William Herschel values more highly than newspaper reviews. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Slough, Berkshire |
Origin coordinates | 51.5082, -0.5954 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2652
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