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RefNoEL/M3/60a
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Mr [Augustus] de Morgan to C Weld, dated at Camden, London
CreatorMorgan; Augustus de (1806-1871); British mathematician; logician; Professor of Mathematics at University College London
Date12 October 1853
DescriptionPresents four letters from William Jones to James Hodgson (see volume EL/I1/183-186) and one from Pierre Maupertuis to [James] Bradley (EL/M3/60b).
States that letters were found amongst Francis Baily's papers with a manuscript of Flamsteed's account.
Discusses Maupertuis's letter stating that it has the first announcement confirming Newton's theory from the Lapland expedition.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originCamden, London, England, United Kingdom
Origin coordinates51.54057, -0.14334
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/88bf7f07-c6f1-4418-bbbe-8bec5a3eb2a4
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