From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 October 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.267
Summary:
Has found a seventeenth-century mathematical manuscript amongst Francis Baily's papers with JH's handwriting on it; can he explain the mystery? There is also a letter from P. L. M. Maupertius to James Bradley, which he proposes sending to the R.S.L.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project