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Samuel Vince letter to Charles Hutton : manuscript
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Title
Samuel Vince letter to Charles Hutton : manuscript.
Production
Cambridge, England, 1793 November 17.
Physical Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
Annotated at the foot of the letter: "Addressed to Dr. Charles Hutton, and given by him to William Upcott."
In English.
Provenance
Previously owned by William Upcott. Purchased from Karen Thomson on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Samuel Vince (1749-1821) was an English clergyman, mathematician and astronomer who was Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge University from 1796 until his death in 1821.
Summary
Autograph letter, signed, to the English mathematician Charles Hutton, inquiring about the relative cost of having mathematical figures engraved in wood or in copperplate to illustrate his proposed publication of a "complete Course of Lectures in Mathematics and Philosophy" in two volumes.
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Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 17, 2018
References
Samuel Vince, Letter to Charles Hutton. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Samuel Vince, Letter to Charles Hutton. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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