RefNo | HS/6/346 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 41 Chalcot Villas NW |
Creator | Morgan; Augustus de (1806-1871); British mathematician; logician; Professor of Mathematics at University College London |
Date | 1 July 1861 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Has not heard from him for a long time. Did he receive his red and black logarithms? John Frederick William Herschel's son Alexander has sent him a mathematical problem. George Bishop has died and the observatory and instruments are to be sold. Sends two riddles. Sees that John Frederick William Herschel has proved that the sun is liquid fire. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | 41 Chalcot Villas, Adelaide Road, London |
Origin coordinates | 51.5435, -0.166889 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7133
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |