Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston
Reference number: HS/15/500
Date: 15 April 1868
Description
Autographed letter, incomplete. Is graphically charting the sun and planets to compare them. Explains the lines and positions of bodies in his diagrams.
- Reference number
- HS/15/500
- Earliest possible date
- 15 April 1868
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Selwyn, Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston, 15 April 1868, HS/15/500, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_500/incomplete-letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-foxton-royston, accessed on 14 June 2025
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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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