Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston
Reference number: HS/15/469
Date: 12 August 1862
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending autographs. Discusses the faculae on the eastern limb and the reception of John Frederick William Herschel's note at the Royal Astronomical Society [Frederick] Howlett is drawing a group of sunspots.
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- HS/15/469
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- 12 August 1862
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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 Foxton Royston, 12 August 1862, HS/15/469, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_469/letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-foxton-royston, 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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