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Unpublished letter, regarding a solar photograph by [Pierre Jules] Janssen from Warren de la Rue to Walter White

Reference number: AP/60/2

Date: 08 December 1877

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De la Rue shares an extract of a letter from Janssen discussing the methods used to capture one of his solar photographs.

Subject: Astronomy

Received 8 December 1877. Read 13 December 1877.

Written by de la Rue at 73 Portland Place [London].

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AP/60/2
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08 December 1877
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Warren de la Rue

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Warren de la Rue, Unpublished letter, regarding a solar photograph by [Pierre Jules] Janssen from Warren de la Rue to Walter White, 08 December 1877, AP/60/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_60_2/unpublished-letter-regarding-a-solar-photograph-by-pierre-jules-janssen-from-warren-de-la-rue-to-walter-white, accessed on 24 April 2025

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