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Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth

Reference number: HS/10/103

Date: 11 September 1843

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Enclosing specimens of his chromatype; comments on how these were produced and their characteristics. Is very busy with the Annual Exhibition of the Polytechnic Society.

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HS/10/103
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11 September 1843
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hunt

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Robert Hunt, Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth, 11 September 1843, HS/10/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_103/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-falmouth, accessed on 25 March 2025

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