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Edward Kater

Born: 1816

Died: 06 July 1866

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 19/11/1840

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John Frederick William Herschel

Mathematician and astronomer

Born: 07 March 1792

Died: 11 May 1871

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 27/05/1813

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John Frederick William Herschel

Sir John Herschel publishes in the Philosophical Transactions

1840: Sir John Herschel publishes “On the chemical action of the rays of the solar spectrum on preparations of silver and other substances, both metallic and non-metallic; and on some photographic processes”

Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending a paper, compiled from his late father's notes, for an escapement for an astronomical clock. Would be pleased if John Frederick William Herschel would communicate it to the Royal Society [of London]

Reference number: HS/11/71

Autograph letter signed by sender. Obliged for his kind note and also for forwarding the paper to the Royal Society [of London] Would like to belong to the Royal Society [of London] and would be pleased if John Frederick William Herschel would sign a certificate for him.

Reference number: HS/11/72