From:
[Johann] D[ietrich] Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1810]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0884
Summary:
Identifies a number of the various orders of ape and comments on them.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Identifies a number of the various orders of ape and comments on them.
Found JH's resolution of a biquadratic ingenious. AR used René Descartes's method of resolution, but found it less elegant. Discusses resolution of higher order quadratics.
Informing him of his position in the examinations, and offering congratulations.
Recalls time spent together; asks JH for information about Cambridge colleges, especially St. John's.
Is attending John Playfair's lectures in mathematics; talks of plans to come to Cambridge.