Reference number | HS/6/389 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 91 Adelaide Road |
Creator | Morgan; Augustus de (1806-1871); British mathematician; logician; Professor of Mathematics at University College London |
Date | 22 November 1866 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Many thanks for his book [Familiar Lectures], which he is reading from the beginning. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's views. Is Sidees a star or a constellation? Congratulations on his completion of Homer. Everyone is translating Homer now, and gives one of his own examples. |
Language | English |
Extent | 5pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | 91 Adelaide Road, London |
Origin coordinates | 51.5442, -0.1609 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
URL description | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7197
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |