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Add. MS a/216/19-21
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Letters and writings related to the controversy over solar images
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- 1841-1842 (Creation)
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5 folded sheets, 2 single sheets
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Item 19: Draft of a letter from William Whewell to Adam Anderson, 22 Apr. 1842, 3 pp.
Item 20: Letter from Adam Anderson, 27 Mar. 1841, 5 pp.
Item 21: Letter from David Brewster, 19 Apr. 1842, 3 pp.
Accompanied by the printed "Problem of Solar Images", 7 Apr. 1842 (with a pencil drawing on the verso) and the printed minutes of the Literary and Philosophical Society, St Andrews.
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Accompanied by a note from Isaac Todhunter summarising items 19-21 as about a controversy over solar images.