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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/24/234

Date: 23 October 1868

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Copy of a letter. Some photographs support the sudden disappearance of the spot on 17 Sept. Some photographs are misdated. The relation of Jupiter and sunspots suggests previously unknown interconnections in the solar system.

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HS/24/234
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23 October 1868
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood, 23 October 1868, HS/24/234, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_234/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-selwyn-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 10 December 2025

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