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Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston

Reference number: HS/15/485

Date: 29 March 1866

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Compiling three year series of helioautographs. Wants suggestions for noting the position of planets supposedly influencing sunspots. Discusses a passage from one of Galileo's letters concerning the influence of the plan

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HS/15/485
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29 March 1866
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4 pages
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William Selwyn

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William Selwyn, William Selwyn, Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston, 29 March 1866, HS/15/485, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_485/letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-foxton-royston, accessed on 10 December 2025

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