Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Description

Autograph letter signed by sender. Lack of circularity in some solar autographs is due to clouds. Discusses a quote regarding stars in the Southern Hemisphere. Also, Aristotle's examination of the eye.

Reference number
HS/15/493
Earliest possible date
12 October 1867
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Selwyn

View page for William Selwyn

Use this record

Citation

William Selwyn, Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, 12 October 1867, HS/15/493, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_493/letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 03 December 2024

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_15_493/letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge" title="Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • Herschel Letters

    Dates: 1807-1875

    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    View collection