RefNo | HS/24/183 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 17 January 1867 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Thanks William Selwyn for describing Aristotle's and Richard Whately's observation of the great sensitivity of the eye's lateral portion. Congratulates William Selwyn on becoming Dean of Norwich. Draft discusses miracles and lists possible arguments against William Selwyn's idea that miracles are not a violation of nature |
Language | English |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Copy: HS/15/490 |
RelatedRecord | HS/15/490 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2592
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6278 | Selwyn; William (1806 - 1875) | 1806 - 1875 |