Item 48 - Letter from George Boole to William Whewell

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MSPB/48

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Letter from George Boole to William Whewell

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  • 1 Dec. 1847 (Creation)

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1 folded sheet

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Source of acquisition unknown. Possibly part of the bequest of William Whewell, 1866.

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Lincoln - Is sending a copy of his book on the suggestion of Augustus De Morgan; includes errata list.

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      Tipped in after the title page of Boole's The mathematical analysis of logic : being an essay towards a calculus of deductive reasoning (Cambridge, 1847), shelfmark 267.c.84.2[1].

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