Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/15/518
Date: 1867 or after
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete. Discusses displaying solar autographs to the best advantage. Invites John Frederick William Herschel's son Alexander to read his meteor paper at the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
- Reference number
- HS/15/518
- Earliest possible date
- 1867 or after
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Selwyn, Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, 1867 or after, HS/15/518, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_518/incomplete-letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 03 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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