Letter, from James Sivewright to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Helens
Reference number: HS/17/213
Date: 2 December 1868
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for sending plan of swing to counteract seasickness. This will enable his long suffering friend Lady Sullivan to escape hay fever by going to sea but without thereby being beset by seasickness.
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- HS/17/213
- Earliest possible date
- 2 December 1868
- Page extent
- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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James Sivewright, Letter, from James Sivewright to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Helens, 2 December 1868, HS/17/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_213/letter-from-james-sivewright-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-helens, accessed on 14 December 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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John Frederick William Herschel
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