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Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/15/515

Date: 1861

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Autographed letter, incomplete. Detached postscript discussing sunspots, comparing them to the low barometric pressure center in cyclones. J. S. Henslow is dying.

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HS/15/515
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1861
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript
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William Selwyn

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William Selwyn, Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, 1861, HS/15/515, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_515/incomplete-letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 24 April 2025

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