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Reference numberHS/6/354
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date29 May 1862
DescriptionDraft letter. Hopes Augustus De Morgan will be successful in his projected paper on the infinity of magnitude. Does not recollect the paper by J. J. Sylvester. Has had a letter from Manchester on his own theory of eternal existence.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
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Access statusOpen
Related materialCopy: HS/23/376
Related records in the catalogueHS/23/376
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7144
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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