Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge
Reference number: HS/15/463
Date: 26 March 1860
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Mentions a passage of Aristotle regarding comets. Proposes that Origen's theory of the Magi may be correct. Perhaps the Magi saw a comet.
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- HS/15/463
- Earliest possible date
- 26 March 1860
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Selwyn, Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, 26 March 1860, HS/15/463, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_463/letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 02 December 2024
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 15 Sabine-Selwyn
1820-1870 Reference number: HS/15
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William Selwyn
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John Frederick William Herschel
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