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

Reference number: HS/10/82

Date: 18 December 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for his letter. Sends some of his photographic sheets. Now uses a different chemical to prepare his papers. Will be pleased to send John Frederick William Herschel his results and to receive a copy of the memoir in due course.

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HS/10/82
Earliest possible date
18 December 1839
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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 Devonport, 18 December 1839, HS/10/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_82/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-devonport, accessed on 25 March 2025

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