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RefNoHSF/1/2/62
Previous numbers600/31/21
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TitleLetter from William Selwyn, Richmond, Surrey, to Sir John [Frederick William Herschel]
CreatorSelwyn; William (1806-1875); British clergyman
Date11 May 1863
DescriptionHe thanks Herschel for the present of Book 2 of 'The Iliad'. When he returns home he will send Books 5 and 6 which Selwyn has attempted in blank verse, in which the short metre curtails sins of omission. He has been kicked on the shin by a horse, injuring the bone. He met Herschel's neighbour Mr [Frederick] Howlett at the Royal Astronomical Society on Friday, seeing some of his Sun drawings. Selwyn showed '43 autographs of the Sun' representing eighty days from 11 February to 2 May. The Kew instrument has been in abeyance at that time, in transition from [Warren] De La Rue's at Cranford to Kew. Balfour Stewart has been to see him, saying that they are almost ready to begin again with a new room at the top of the Observatory. There is a new telescope being erected at Ely, with a camera, with which he hopes to take Solar autographs. These will be employed 'in depicting particular groups, especially near the edge'. He has been much interested in the Sun in the April 'Good Words', and he wonders if internal heat and the Gulf Stream would keep them alive for longer than 48 hours. He thought that they had caught Vulcan at last on 17 February, but the black spot turned out to be a pinhole.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6278Selwyn; William (1806 - 1875)1806 - 1875
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