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Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/15/518

Date: 1867 or after

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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.

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HS/15/518
Earliest possible date
1867 or after
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Selwyn

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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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