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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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Sir John Herschel serves his first term as President of the Royal Astronomical Society

1839: to 1841

Birth of Maria Sophia Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart

1839

William Henry Fox Talbot presents his paper-based photographic process at the Royal Society

1839

Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends English version of D. F. J. Arago's eulogy of James Watt, Jr.'s father, James Watt. Calls attention to friendship of James Watt, Jr.'s father and William Herschel. Missed seeing John Frederick William Herschel in Paris.

Reference number: HS/18/386