From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[11 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.258
Summary:
On AD's and JH's illnesses; asks AD about Latin verses of the medieval period.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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On AD's and JH's illnesses; asks AD about Latin verses of the medieval period.
About AD's health and the cold summer.
Concerned about AD's health. Offers theory of the constitution of matter.
Is delighted to see him astride one of his old hobbies. Regarding the edition of William Spence's Mathematical Essays. Only remembers an 1819 one. His own health is not good.
Discusses an exposed case of forgery involving supposed manuscripts of Blaise Pascal and the mathematician Michel Chasles.