Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge
Reference number: HS/15/488
Date: 13 December 1866
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for his sympathy regarding William Selwyn's fall. Describes the meteors he saw from his window on December 4.
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- HS/15/488
- Earliest possible date
- 13 December 1866
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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 Vine Cottage, Cambridge, 13 December 1866, HS/15/488, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_488/letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-vine-cottage-cambridge, accessed on 03 December 2024
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This item is part of:
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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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