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Reference numberHS/15/489
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston
CreatorWilliam Selwyn
Date15 January 1867
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Discusses Aristotle's and Richard Whately's descriptions of the sensitivity of the eye's lateral areas. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to review cover sheet and opine whether the predictions described are miracles.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originFoxton, Royston, Cambridgeshire
Origin coordinates52.115, 0.0586
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2591
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6278Selwyn; William (1806 - 1875)1806 - 1875
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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