Autograph letter signed, probably to Latimer Clark
Publisher Information: 1861.
Selwyn, Jasper Henry, Admiral (1820-1901). A.L.s. to an unnamed recipient, probably Latimer Clark. Tring, Hertfordshire, November 28, 1861. 2pp. 178 x 112 mm. Small hole punched in upper margin. Provenance: Latimer Clark.
Regarding the demonstration of a "model" before Charles Bright, George Saward, and others. After his retirement from the Navy, Selwyn invented a process for separating ores from rock with bichloride of sulphur in a bath of salt solution, and also investigated the transfer of electricity by light rays, and the production of fuel from nitrogen in the atmosphere. Origins of Cyberspace 195 (incorrectly giving Selwyn's first name as "Th.").
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