Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston
Reference number: HS/15/489
Date: 15 January 1867
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Discusses Aristotle's and Richard Whately's descriptions of the sensitivity of the eye's lateral areas. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to review cover sheet and opine whether the predictions described are miracles.
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- HS/15/489
- Earliest possible date
- 15 January 1867
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Selwyn, Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston, 15 January 1867, HS/15/489, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_489/letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-foxton-royston, accessed on 04 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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