Autograph letter from M.F. Lomax to William Whewell, written from Ribblesdale Place, Preston and dated 1 January 1846

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CMV35743

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Add. MS a/208/69

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Autograph letter from M.F. Lomax to William Whewell, written from Ribblesdale Place, Preston and dated 1 January 1846

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M.F. Lomax: Author
William Whewell: Recipient

Incipit Diplomatic:

Will you condescend to answer the enquiries of one of the million?

Incipit Modernised:

Will you condescend to answer the enquiries of one of the million?

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

An autograph letter from M.F. Lomax to William Whewell, written from Ribblesdale Place, Preston and dated 1 January 1846.

Detailed Summary:

M.F. Lomax asks questions about the nebuar hypothesis proposed in William Whewell’s Bridgwater treatise. He also enquires as to whether or not Sir Isaac Newton was a Unitarian, writing: ‘they see no difference between Newton and Voltaire and Laplace (not that they know any more than their names) and class them altogether as a set of clever learned infidels’.

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4 pp.

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1 January 1846

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

16 August 2024