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Showing 6 letters from 1840–1845

3 letters from John Frederick William Herschel; 3 letters from John William Draper

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1841

Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister

1841

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

1841

1842

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

1842

Sir John Herschel publishes in the Philosophical Transactions

1842: Sir John Herschel publishes “On the action of the rays of the solar spectrum on vegetable colours, and on some new photographic processes

1844

Birth of Matilda Rose Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart

1844

1845

Sir John Herschel serves as President of the British Association

1845

Copy of a letter. Comments on writings of John Henry Dallmeyer on the chemistry of plants [letter completed 1845-5-7].

15 March 1845 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/22/226